We are heading back home to look at an aspect ofdaily life that is heavily stereotyped, deeply misunderstood, and a source of intense internal guilt: organizing and cleaning the home.

People love to portray the autistic individual as ahyper-neat, clinical perfectionist who organizes their socks by colour and keeps a spotless, sterile environment. But the reality on the ground is often it can be the exact opposite.

For many of us, managing a home is an absolute minefield of executive dysfunction and sensory offence.In this episode we are unpacking the domestic friction—from a child paralyzed by a messy bedroom to an adult balancing energy conservation against the roar of a vacuum cleaner

It’s that time of year and today, we are launching bonus episode designed to tackle one of the most stressful times of the year for an autistic nervous system.

In this episode, we are entering the spooky season todissect the sensory and social minefield of Halloween.

Today's guest writes under the name "TheArticulate Autistic," and if you've spent any time in the autism community online, there's a good chance her words have already found you.

She was diagnosed autistic and ADHD later inlife, and that diagnosis sent her looking for answers — answers she ended upwriting herself. She's the author of "What Did I Do Wrong?", a book that unpacks the everyday misunderstandings autistic people run into, and more recently "Before You Fire Them," written to help employers get itright instead. Please welcome Jaime A. Heidel.