Episode 7

Autistic Small Talk is now a stand-alone show. We have an archive page of all our past episodes that should be much easier to navigate than before.

In episode 7, Vince and Vanessa talk fleetingly about contradictory research on autistic neural connectomes and swiftly cover 2 papers on strengths-based approaches to identifying and working with Autistic people.

Resources and Citations

Autistic Connectomes



Nick Walker forever 

The essay in which the greatly admired Nick Walker says: 
“Ultimately, to describe autism as a disorder represents a value judgment rather than a scientific fact.”

Strengths-based Autistic Identification



Woods SEO, Estes A. Toward a more comprehensive autism assessment: the survey of autistic strengths, skills, and interests. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 6;14:1264516. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264516. PMID: 37867767; PMCID: PMC10587489.







Autistic Joy

Wassell, E. (2025). Experiences of autistic joy. Disability & Society, 1–26. 


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