Podcasts by Noncompliant - the podcast
Noncompliant is a podcast about autistic rights and neurodiversity. Host Anne Borden King interviewing authors, advocates and others working for human rights and autistic acceptance.
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Keenan Wellar from LiveWorkPlay: Transforming Canada’s housing&programs for intellectually disabled Canadians from 2023-12-09T01:30:17
I had the honour of speaking with Keenan Wellar, founder of LiveWorkPlay about the organization’s work helping the community welcome and include people with intellectual disabilities, autisti...
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“What outcomes are we looking at?”Talking with Dr. Andrew Whitehouse about the shifting course of autism research&services from 2023-11-22T16:04:51
I spoke with Dr. Andrew Whitehouse from the University of Western Australia about autistic life, gut hype, same-foods, the problem of pseudoscience and the shifting nature of autism research. Liste...
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“It’s hard to un-ring the bell”: Talking about the vaccine-autism myth (&more) with Dr. Paul Offit from 2023-11-13T21:30:27
I spoke with vaccine researcher and expert Dr. Paul Offit, whose book Autism’s False Prophets explores false narratives about autism, including the myth that the MMR vaccine causes autism. We talke...
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Coping with Covid anxiety in a post-pandemic world: A conversation with Dr. Lucy McBride from 2023-11-01T02:05:28
I talked with Dr. Lucy McBride about Covid anxiety, how it’s impacted us all and what we can do about it. We also talked about how family practitioners can make their practices more accessible for ...
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Summer of Hell from 2023-08-29T00:58:43
I wrote this poem about the summer and our beautiful earth
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Talking about neurodiversity, monotropism&more with Scottish activist Fergus Murray from 2023-04-14T22:07:43
I had an amazing conversation with Fergus Murray, a Scottish science educator, writer, autistic advocate and author of the Monotropism.org website. We talked about the concept of monotropism, which...
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“A Catalyst for Activism”: Talking with Finn Gardiner from the Autistic People of Color Fund from 2023-03-27T21:39:58
I had a fascinating conversation with Finn Gardiner, Director of Policy & Advocacy for the Autistic People of Color Fund about the incredible work of the Fund’s mutual aid project that positiv...
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What happened to social psychiatry? A conversation with Professor Matthew Smith from 2023-03-09T00:05:25
. In this episode, I spoke with health historian Matthew Smith from the University of Strathclyde. We discussed his new book, The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States...
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“Compliance is the wrong goal…we need connection and compassion”: Guy Stephens&Chantelle Hyde from the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint from 2023-02-24T17:31:26
I spoke with Guy Stephens, executive director of the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint (AASR) and Chantelle Hyde, lead Canadian Volunteer with The Alliance Against Restraint and Seclusion an...
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The shifting landscape of autism services: Therapist Neurodiversity Collective’s Julie Roberts from 2023-02-24T13:24:47
Today I spoke with Julie Roberts, founder of Therapist Neurodiversity Collective (TNDC). We talked about the ABA industry’s troubling attempts to dominate autism services and funding, as well as th...
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The Lighthouse from 2023-02-23T23:19:50
I wrote this short spoken word about the experience of grief after all we’ve been through in the pandemic. It’s really just a story, without a message except: we need to talk about our ...
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Talking with professor Alan Levinovitz about pseudoscience and the myth of “natural” from 2023-02-22T14:12:18
Today I spoke with Professor Alan Levinovitz, author of Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science. We talked about the myth of the natural...
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The Genesis 2“bleach cult,”past and present : A conversation with pseudoscience de-bunker Melissa Eaton from 2022-11-17T17:49:19
“Basically they’re slowly being poisoned with a corrosive agent.” It is difficult to hear about what happens to children who are trapped by the so-called bleach cult, a multi-level marketing scheme...
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Inclusive learning spaces for neurodivergent teens: Passages Centre founder Kristina House from 2022-11-15T21:08:28
I had such an inspiring conversation with Kristina House, who’s co-founded Passages, an experimental hybrid learning space for neurodivergent students and other students, in Toronto! Listen to the ...
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The power of international neurodivergent collaborations: AutCollab’s Jorn Bettin from 2022-11-14T16:18:32
I had a fascinating conversation with AutCollab co-founder Jorn Bettin about new approaches to autism; namely, thinking outside the box of the pathologizing approach of the DSM and moving towards a...
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Talking about Covid, monkeypox, health disinfo&“the 2022 effect” with virologist Alex Greninger from 2022-08-05T15:11:33
I had an amazing conversation with University of Washington virologist Dr Alex Greninger, whose team innovated one of the earliest Covid tests. We talked about how they developed the test; public h...
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Is there an Autism Industrial Complex? Interview with Professor Alicia Broderick from 2022-06-30T22:47:48
My guest this episode is Alicia Broderick, author of the new book The Autism Industrial Complex: How Branding, Marketing, and Capital Investment Turned Autism Into Big Business. Her book traces ...
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Neurodiversity Libraries, activism&community-building: Interview with Lei Wiley Mydske from 2022-05-28T14:58:03
In this episode I speak with the amazing Lei Wiley Mydske, founder of the neurodiversity library movement and creator of the Neurodivergent Narwals. We talk about neurodiversity libraries (includin...
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Algorithms and Outrage: Talking social media with Charles Arthur, author of Social Warming from 2021-12-20T17:13:10
In this episode, I interview Charles Arthur, the author of Social Warming: the dangerous and polarising effects of social media. We discuss the history of social media and current problems with soc...
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“Kids need to play”: Talking about the pandemic and kids’ mental health with suicidologist Tyler Black from 2021-12-16T23:55:17
Podcast recorded on December 9, 2021. In this episode I spoke with suicidologist Dr. Tyler Black, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatri...
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“The most effective way to stop it is public pressure”: Talking about Spectrum10K with Irish autistic activist Ryan Hendry from 2021-10-28T21:02:07
The Noncompliant podcast came out of hiatus this week to talk with autistic advocate Ryan Hendry about Spectrum10K, a currently-proposed project by UK business interests to collect DNA data on auti...
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“There are a lot of areas autism researchers have viewed as deficits that can actually confer advantages”: Talking with MIT researchers Anila D’Mello and Liron Rozenkrantz from 2021-08-24T21:27:59
I had an amazing conversation with Drs Anila D’Mello and Liron Rozenkrantz from MIT about their research review and other work about autism, rationality and cognition! Listen to the episode by clic...
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“If you look at how much has changed in the last 5 years, we’ve definitely made progress”: A conversation with autistic lawyer Haley Moss from 2021-08-10T18:57:42
I had such a great conversation with autistic lawyer Haley Moss about her book Great Minds Think Differently. In this episode, we discuss neurodiversity in law and the workplace, autistic hyperfocu...
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On conflicts of interest in autism research: Interview with Kristen Bottema-Beutel and Micheal Sandbank from 2021-06-21T21:55:42
In this episode, I talk with Professors Kristen Bottema-Beutel and Micheal Sandbank, who have done a systematic review and meta-analysis of 151 group design studies of interventions for young autis...
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“Co-Regulation is Key”: A Conversation with Occupational Therapist Greg Santucci from 2021-05-20T00:35:32
In this episode, I talk with Occupational Therapist Greg Santucci about the problems with ABA from his perspective as a practitioner, as well as new and better approaches in schools and the challen...
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“I worry FDA Expanded Access will become a new way of bringing products to market”: Talking with Jeremy Snyder and Leigh Turner about“stem cells for autism” from 2021-05-19T21:45:47
In this episode, we discuss the basics of stem cells, medical tourism, false claims about stem cells as an autism treatment, bioethical issues within the field of stem cells and methodological issu...
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The role of private equity and lobbying in ABA funding: Talking with investigative journalist John Summers from 2021-04-17T20:11:01
John Summers’ recent expose in The Nation looks at the relationship between private equity companies and the autism service Applied Behaviour Analytics (or ABA) in Massachusetts, where he liv...
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“Letting people know that it’s ok to be your original self”: Talking about breast cancer&autistic community with Melanie Keiling from 2021-03-15T22:20:58
I had such a heartfelt and illuminating conversation with Melanie, first about autistic online communities, then about combating sexism in the world of breast cancer care. Listen to the audio by ...
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Pandemiversary from 2021-03-15T18:32:23
I wrote this about my year fighting cancer during the pandemic. Listen to the audio file below to listen. Read the transcript below the audio file. . Transcript: Pandemiversary .
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“They prey on unsuspecting parents who think they’re helping their child”: Interview with Amanda Seigler about bogus autism research at universities, Part 2 from 2020-12-27T00:23:49
This is part 2 of my interview with Amanda Seigler, a children’s rights advocate and autistic activist, about university studies on autism that have questionable ethics. We talk about Duke Universi...
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“There must be some sort of echo chamber that this is all coming out of” Interview with Amanda Seigler about bogus autism research at universities: Part 1 from 2020-12-26T23:51:11
I spoke with Amanda Seigler, a children’s rights advocate and autistic activist about two studies at Yale which raise serious ethical issues about their use of human subjects. Audio below. Also on...
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A neurodivergent guide to your radiation treatments from 2020-12-22T00:01:13
I wrote this recently, about radiation treatment for cancer. To listen, click the audio file below. .
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“Often, autistic people are seen as inspiring for overcoming‘autism,’not for overcoming the obstacles that the world puts around them”: Interview with journalist Eric Garcia from 2020-12-21T23:06:23
I had a really interesting conversation with journalist Eric Garcia about his upcoming book, We’re Not Broken, which focuses on the social and policy gaps that exist in supporting autistic people. ...
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“The goal of autism research should be to improve the quality of life for autistic people” Interview with Simon Baron Cohen from 2020-12-10T01:04:11
. I had a very interesting conversation with psychologist Simon Baron Cohen, whose new book The Pattern Seekers, discusses the history of invention, the importance of recognizing and valuing neurod...
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Time to Breathe from 2020-12-04T16:46:01
I wrote this about the pandemic, cancer and what’s happened to time. Audio below. Transcript: Transcript_Time to breathe .
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“The things we don’t talk about”: A Cross-Interview with CripChat UK! from 2020-11-30T23:17:30
I had the great pleasure and honour of talking with Shabaaz and Pete from CripChat UK, on their podcast. We discussed autism pseudoscience, the Sia film controversy and much more. Listen to the pod...
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Half a Woman from 2020-11-08T13:15:03
. I wrote this after my recent surgery. Audio here, transcript below. . . Transcript: Transcript_Half a Woman_2020
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“Most of the victims have to move on from these pathological relations”: Interview with Dr. Marc D. Feldman about medical child abuse from 2020-10-01T21:46:19
I had a very informative and thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Marc D. Feldman, an expert on medical child abuse and factitious disorder. We talked about medical child abuse, including “...
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“Remove and normalize”: Discussing Canada’s residential institution history with Megan Linton from 2020-07-08T20:01:54
In this episode, I talk to scholar Megan Linton about the history and current status of residential institutions for autistic and neurodiverse youth in Canada. Content warning: Discussion of sexual...
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“Everyone Can Do Something to Stop Autism Pseudoscience”: Interview with Melissa Eaton from 2020-06-22T22:48:35
In this podcast, I interviewed Melissa Eaton, one of the first (and most effective) campaigners against autism pseudoscience. We talked about phony autism cures and what we can all do to stop the p...
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How “crunchy” got crushed: An interview with naturopathic doctor Matt Brignall from 2020-05-29T21:37:13
In this episode, I talk with Matt Brignall, ND, about how the natural health movement has been co-opted over the past 3 decades by capitalist interests, as well as what we can all do to counter Cov...
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Neurodiversity&Disability Rights in Alberta: An Interview with Christopher Whelan of Neurodiversity YMM from 2020-04-18T22:58:31
I always enjoy talking to Christopher and this was a wonderful and educational conversation. Chris and I talked about our rural upbringings and autistic relationships with natural world; what’s hap...
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“Punishments and rewards can get one thing, under certain conditions – temporary compliance” Interview with Alfie Kohn from 2020-01-20T02:07:56
This is a fascinating interview with Alfie Kohn, who has been researching and writing about education, parenting, authority and co-operative learning for years, driving home a simple fact: rewards ...
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“Neurodivergent individuals challenge society to question exactly what normalcy is, if it even exists to begin with”–Interview with Gaby from A4A from 2020-01-16T01:18:20
In this podcast, Gaby and I discussed racism in the education system, the disability hierarchy, media bias and representations of the self-advocacy movement, eye contact and cultural norms, the pow...
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“We need much better standards of research in autism intervention”: An interview with Dr. Damian Milton from 2020-01-04T05:09:50
In this broad-ranging interview, Dr. Damian Milton & I discuss the theory of the “double empathy problem”; hyperfocus/flow state; autistic parenting; the medical versus social model of disabili...
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“Creating a home environment that works for everybody”: Interview with Shannon Rosa from 2019-12-10T03:44:33
“”There’s a lot of people out there who are going to try and tell you what your kid needs, but really, autistic people are the ones who actually do know.” I had a fascinatin...
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Trauma-informed Mindfulness, Teaching&Care: Interview with Dr Sam Himelstein from 2019-11-06T15:19:05
I recently talked with Sam Himelstein, the president of the Center for Adolescent Studies , about the pitfalls of pop-culture “mindfulness” and the importance of trauma-informed care. W...
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“Regulatory bodies should not be hiding behind CAM policies”Interview with Dr. Philippe Chouinard from 2019-10-20T20:58:18
It was an honour to speak with Dr. Philippe Chouinard. Dr. Chouinard is a leader in the movement against autism pseudoscience and a protector of children’s rights. Listen at the audio link be...
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“Why don’t we work autistic people into inherently fantastic scenarios like a space opera or a globetrotting adventure story?” Interview with comedian Michael McCreary from 2019-09-23T23:50:53
I interviewed 23-year-old comedian Michael McCreary about media portrayals, comedy & so much more! Listen to the audio link below or on Stitcher here or on iTunes here. Read the transcript, be...
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“There is an inherent conflict of interest in professional self-regulation”: Interview with Bad Science Watch’s Ryan Armstrong from 2019-09-23T03:50:35
This week I interviewed Ryan Armstrong of the pseudoscience watchdog group Bad Science Watch Canada. Listen at the link below or on Stitcher here or on iTunes here Read the transcript below the aud...
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Disrupting the Autism Services Market: Interview with Foundations for Divergent Minds founder Oswin Latimer from 2019-09-01T00:51:23
Today’s guest is Oswin Latimer, co-founder of Foundations for Divergent Minds, a framework designed by autistic and neurodivergent people for use by families and professionals. FDM works on t...
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“We don’t even need to reinvent the wheel: the wheel’s there”: Interview with Cal Montgomery from 2019-08-25T14:14:37
I spoke with human rights activist Cal Montgomery, a survivor of residential institutions and, after institutionalization. Cal describes how the institutional model is replicated in group home sett...
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Interview with Bruce Uditsky, CEO Emeritus of Inclusion Alberta from 2019-08-06T00:09:27
Listen at the audio link below or on Stitcher here or on iTunes here Read the transcript, below the audio. . Transcript by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_Noncompliant_Uditsky Bio: Bruce Uditsky, M.Ed., ...
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“It models how to relate, in a way that’s not overwhelming and respects autonomy” Interview with autistic mentor Raya Shields from 2019-07-09T14:49:58
Podcast Listen to the podcast at the audio link below or on Stitcher here or on iTunes here Read the transcript, below the audio file. . Transcribed by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_Noncompliant_Shiel...
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“Window-watching Wendy” and the history of ADHD: An Interview with Matthew Smith from 2019-07-02T15:53:02
Listen to the podcast here at the audio file below or on Stitcher here, on iTunes here Read the transcript at the link below the audio file. . Transcript by Julie Ann Lee: Tra...
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“It’s scamming parents–and through that the children are suffering”: Interview with Emma Dalmayne from 2019-06-29T18:02:17
Listen to the podcast on the audio clip below, or on Stitcher here and iTunes here. Read the transcript, below the audio file. . Transcript by Julie Ann Lee: transcript_Dalmayne_Noncompliant_podcas...
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Eating in the 4th Dimension: Interview with Alan Levinovitz from 2019-06-24T03:20:14
Listen to the episode by clicking the audio link below, on Stitcher here on iTunes here. Read the transcript below the audio. . Transcript by Julie Ann Lee: transcript_Noncompliant_Alan_Levinovitz ...
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“People have the right to communicate in the method that is best for them, period.” An Interview with Derek Burrow from 2019-05-20T03:36:50
For this episode, I interviewed Derek Burrow, an Ottawa-based librarian, writer and tabletop RPG player who is part of a movement to normalize AAC and increase accessibility to it. Listen at the au...
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“Neurodiversity is not an opinion. It’s a living fact”: Interview with Steve Silberman from 2019-05-19T20:35:01
Listen to the episode by clicking the audio link below or on Stitcher here, iTunes here Read the transcript below this audio file. Transcribed by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_ SteveSilberman-Noncomp...
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