Emotion Focused Podcast

Series 2 Ep #9 Autism and emotions

Emotion Focused Podcast

Show Notes

Dr Anna Robinson talks about the challenge of being either hypo- or hypersensitive in a neuro-typical world and dispels some of the myths about the emotional experience of autistic people. Anna describes how activism has helped to depathologize autism and contributed to advancing changes in the nature of emotionally therapeutic support.

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