Episode 5: Language and Terminology

The Drumbeat Autism Outreach Podcast is put together by a team of autism specialists working in the Lewisham area in London, and this podcast is aimed at parents and professionals living and working with autistic young people. In this episode you will hear from team members Sonia, Corinne, Pete and Charlie as they explore some of the language and terminologies which are used to describe autistic people. They touch on words and phrases such a low and high functioning autism, identity first vs person first langauage and the idea of difference vs deficit. 

Some usefull links from this episode: 

• If you want to find out more about the Drumbeat Autism Outreach Team, you kind find their website and socials here: https://linktr.ee/drumbeatoutreach
• The video by Erin Davidson called "Walk in my shoes" which is mentioned, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSKvazfTLv8&t=17s
• A comic explaining a non-liner way of viewing the autism spectrum can be found here: https://the-art-of-autism.com/understanding-the-spectrum-a-comic-strip-explanation/
• This episode's recommendation, "The Reason I Jump": https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-reason-i-jump-one-boys-voice-from-the-silence-of-autism/naoki-higashida/david-mitchell/9781444776775