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Episode 13 - Thomas McKean Is an Autism Self-Advocate Who Stands Up for Parents
Episode 13 - Thomas McKean Is an Autism Self-Advocate Who Stands Up for Parents
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jun 20, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The internet sees rampant bullying of autism parents but Tom McKean is calling BS. Diagnosed with autism in his teens, Tom, now in his mid-50s, became one of autism’s very earliest self-advocates, along with Temple Grandin and a few others. Grounded in his desire to help those less fortunate than himself, he now writes and blogs about autism and its bizarre culture wars. Highlights:
• His (bitter) experience being institutionalized in his late teens
• His unexpected journey toward becoming an autism advocate
• He has decades of witnessing parents’ sacrifice and love for their children, but some of the newer and more vitriolic advocates are ignorant of the broader world of autism
• Interviewer Jill Escher has been chatting with Tom about guitar for several months, and the two perform an impromptu and fairly ear-offending duet!
Links:
Tom McKean on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thomasamckean
Blogpost about the autism puzzle piece logo: The Autism Puzzle Piece Logo: What It Really Means
• His (bitter) experience being institutionalized in his late teens
• His unexpected journey toward becoming an autism advocate
• He has decades of witnessing parents’ sacrifice and love for their children, but some of the newer and more vitriolic advocates are ignorant of the broader world of autism
• Interviewer Jill Escher has been chatting with Tom about guitar for several months, and the two perform an impromptu and fairly ear-offending duet!
Links:
Tom McKean on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thomasamckean
Blogpost about the autism puzzle piece logo: The Autism Puzzle Piece Logo: What It Really Means
Released:
Jun 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (56)
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