Fern Brady – Autistic in a Non-Autistic World

In this episode, Scottish comedian, Fern Brady joins us in the The Vulnerabilitea House.

In pulling the card “how would your ambitions change if you only had one year to live?”, Fern shares a very recent story, after receiving a terrifying phone call from her doctor.

Fern also discusses being diagnosed with Autism in her 30s, 20 years after telling a doctor she thought she had it.

Fern talks with with great insight and humour, not only about life since her diagnosis, but what it was like living for 30 years with Autism and not knowing - always feeling different to the average person…yet having no idea why.

She's an all round brilliant human and we know you are going to love this conversation as much as we did!

Chapters
00:00
I Really Feel Like An Alien
08:10
Android vs iPhone
12:20
Autistic Representation Good and Bad
17:05
Growth on the Brain Reduces Shame
24:38
Meltdowns Shaking a Bottle of Fizzy Coke
32:29
Autism The Label
36:52
Triggers and Tracking
42:51
Friendships School and Talking to Trees
54:56
Dont Talk About the Mental Unit
59:30
How Can I Help Meltdowns and Other Things
1:05:42
I Dont Want To Be In This Situation Anymore
1:09:10
Youre Autistic or Youre Not
1:14:16
Foot Porn Instead Of Stripping
Transcript
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