Episode 23: Special Guest, Allie from @alliewrote

In this episode I was joined by the the super lovely Allie. Allie is an autistic creative and advocate who alongside her current postgraduate study (a masters degree in Education Research at the University of Oxford) is also a research consultant for Neuropool which is a start-up for supporting neurodivergent people run by neurodivergent people. Allie has a special interest in creative writing and is a published poet. She is currently writing a novel and also drafting her first ever play script, which features an autistic protagonist.So here's what we chat about:All things autism related...her journey to diagnosis and her autism assessment experienceLife throughout secondary school and university and coping in a sensory worldWe touch on relationships with friends, family and partnersAnd...annoying noises we both can't tolerate!Allie's links:@alliewrote on Twitter - https://twitter.com/alliewroteWhere Allie Writes Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/wherealliewritesAllie's interview with We Work with Autism: https://weworkwithautism.com/ask-autistic-advocates-allie-mason/Sophie's account (who we both mention): @curiosophie | https://www.instagram.com/curiosophieMy 21andsensory links:⁠Illustration Portfolio⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Blog⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠ | ⁠X⁠ | ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠ | ⁠Patreon