Episode 39 (Part 2) Ghana

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And so we have come to part 2 which also dear listeners will double as the our last episode of the season.

As mentioned at the end of the last episode Odai goes into the various specifics, events and interactions upon his first trip to Ghana and the particulars of being in a country where the day to day existence of being autistic is very different in Ghana to in Britain for similar and different reasons.

All this with the full awareness of the fact that he is coming at this as both an outsider, but as a Black British man coming back “home” (with all that entails) to his country.

We hope you’ll find this interesting. Merry Christmas & Happy new year

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Episode 38 (Part 1): Dubois and…..

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As a great man once said it’s been a long time i shouldn’t have left you. But that doesn’t mean we’ve vanished completly

Yes listeners after an extended period of dead air and changes Audible Autism is here with a very special 2 parter

In this first half you will hear Odai tell the story of a giant of 20th century history W.E.B. Dubois his journey, his life his difficulties and complications but also how it relates to the 2nd more personal episode.

Listeners it feels good to be back

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Episode 37 – Autism and exercise with Julia Morgan

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You’ve been patient with us and after delays and a long wait we finally have a new episode of Audible Autism for you all

This episode is an interview with Inclusive instructor and main spokesperson for Fit for all, Julia Morgan about her experiences as a trainer for people with neurodiversity the struggles that entails as far as exercise and why there seems to be such a gap in terms of personal trainers knowing how to work with those who think differently.

This is a topic that doesn’t often get covered but we think you’ll find this engaging and filled with laughter, so as always enjoy the episode!

Link to Fitness for all: https://www.fitnessforall.uk/

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Why do I need Maths? Guest Post at Employment Autism

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Odai Quaye has published another guest post at Employment Autism, looking at the requirement of many British employers to have a maths qualification for most roles.

I’ve done all that is requested in order to show that I have a life outside of education: I have work and volunteering experience. I have undertaken a work programme through the NAS and completed an online course in understanding autism and reached out to other services. These days it feels like they benefit me only in the sense that if somebody asks me “have you tried ‘x’ ” I can say “I’ve done that”, which doesn’t amount to much.

You know what Adele, Simon Cowell and Richard Branson all have in common? None of them have a maths qualification – one’s a world conquering singer, one’s a respected record executive and TV personality, the other is one half of the duo that founded the Virgin Group. I only feel uneasy about the last example because businesspeople like to downplay how they became successful and make it seem as if they made it without any help, which is far from the truth.

Read more at Employment Autism: https://employmentautism.org.uk/why-do-i-need-maths/

Cast down your bucket: Guest Post on Employment Autism

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Odai Quaye has been published speaking on his experiences being black, autistic and unemployed as a guest post on Employment Autism. This article builds on Odai’s earlier talk he gave in October 2023.

Even in this barren desert of disappointment, I’ve managed to find an oasis or two of positive things to talk about. Perhaps the most important of them being the process of learning that I don’t need to fit into anything and to embrace the grey area I fall in – the grey area that is of being a Black British (African Caribbean) person with more than one invisible mental condition and also not having a public social niche (goths, punks, ravers etc) of my own as well. The chagrin from those attempts at integration is what led to me distancing myself from others, more as a benefit to prevent me getting more bitter, and affecting relationships, but also even though it led to me being more isolated – as an only child I had already learned to appreciate my own company.

There’s real strength from that, but it doesn’t get talked about a lot, so I try to advocate to others who find that they can’t integrate or totally separate themselves. I’ve finally managed to obtain something resembling a safety network – it’s not fully formed but compared to what I had in the past it is a large improvement and I’m deeply grateful for all the people involved who’ve been in my corner so I can at least feel to some degree that I don’t have to carry everything by myself any more.

Read more at Employment Autism: https://employmentautism.org.uk/cast-down-your-bucket/