The second series of the Autism Central podcast focuses on autism and relationships. Host Holly Sprake-Hill meets autistic people, parents and professionals to talk about friendships, family relationships, neurodivergent siblings, navigating romantic relationships and sex and intimacy.
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Neurodivergent couples and romantic relationships
Navigating love and relationships as an autistic adult
Autism and sex education
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A note to listeners: In this series, we'll be discussing themes including sex that you may consider inappropriate for minors.
Episode one:
Neurodivergent couples and romantic relationships
In episode one, Holly Sprake-Hill talks to autistic author, public speaker and diagnostician Sarah Hendrickx about romantic relationships and life with her autistic partner.
Episode two:
Navigating love and relationships as an autistic adult
In episode two, Holly Sprake-Hill, Ashley Welton and Tom Moran chat about their experiences around dating and romantic relationships and share tips and advice for autistic young people and their parents.
Episode three:
Autism and sex education
In episode three, Holly Sprake-Hill is joined by Sarah Noble and Harvey Range to talk about the Sex Education Matters project for autistic young people and why effective sex education is so important.
Coming soon...
Episode four:
Autism and intimacy
In episode four, Holly Sprake-Hill meets neurodivergent sex therapist Tiga-Rose Nercessian. They discuss differences autistic people may experience around sex and relationships and how to keep yourself safe.
The full series of ten episodes will be added here over the next few months.
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Meet Holly
Holly Sprake-Hill is a children's occupational therapist specialising in neurodivergent affirming autism practice, working within the NHS and independent sector. She is a parent to two exceptional children with special educational needs and is late diagnosed autistic/ADHD.
Holly provides training, advocacy and works with schools, education authorities, voluntary services, local authorities and health commissioners to try and raise the level of understanding around autism and the needs of autistic people.
