Episode 6

In episode 6 of Autistic Small Talk, Vince and Vanessa sprint through a chat about stimming followed by a speedy discussion of the Farahar & Foster Three Dimensional Autistic Space Framework. There may be a passing mention of the connection between mushrooms and ancient calendar systems.

It should air on CFUZ 92.9fm on Saturday, July 12th, 2025 at 9am PDT, and can also be streamed live from the website.

You can find it in the Local Matters archive a few days after it airs. 

Resources & Citations

Farahar & Foster three dimensions Autistic space framework

Video by Chloe Farahar and Annette Foster explaining their framework

Farahar, C., & Foster, A. (2019, June 4th). Autistic observable and unobservable experiences, and the erroneous use of biological sex as a method to differentiate Autistics: Introducing the Internal and External Autistic Space. Presentation at The Participatory Autism Research Collective Third Critical Autism Studies Conference, LSBU, London.

Chloe Farahar's Bio at Aucademy

Annette Foster's Bio at Aucademy

Neuroqueer Heresies

Nick Walker’s wonderful book is available at:
The Penticton Public Library
Various public libraries (as an ebook and and audiobook) via Hoopla
libro.fm (in audio format) which lets you support a local bookstore of your choice
And various other places books are sold conveniently listed here

Stimming

Video from aucademy (that includes a guided stim at the end)

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