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Identity with Clem Bastow

Identity with Clem Bastow

The Neurodivergent Woman
Sea. 3 Ep. 1151 min
21 Nov 22
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This week we welcome Clem Bastow to the pod. Clem is an autistic author, cultural critic and screenwriting researcher from Naarm/Melbourne. Their work appears regularly in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and The Big Issue, and their debut nonfiction book ‘Late Bloomer’ was published by Hardie Grant in 2021. They are currently completing a PhD in screenwriting and Autistic experience at RMIT, and they have taught screenwriting at University of Melbourne and short story at RMIT.    We chat with Clem about identity, language, and the power of seeing ourselves represented in fiction and media. We discuss the importance of seeing autistic stories, shared by autistic voices, to better represent the diversity of autistic experience. Clem shares their path to diagnosis and an autistic identity, and we chat about the myth of ‘high functioning’.   For more about Clem, or to buy their book ‘Late Bloomer’, check out Clem’s website here: http://www.clembastow.com/   Contact us at [email protected], or visit our website: www.ndwomanpod.com   Visit our websites to attend upcoming client and professional development webinars:   Michelle's website: https://www.michellelivock.com/ Monique's website: http://moniquemitchelson.com.au/   We are on Patreon! Check out our Patreon page to support us, as we aim to make quality mental health care information accessible to everyone: www.patreon.com/ndwomanpodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.