The culture of punk is, at its core, authenticity without apology—and that’s exactly what autistic people desire: spaces and cultures where they can be their true selves without the need to mask or conform.
Punk Is Autistic (Episode 89) – by Sami Harris
We love this episode on punk and autistic culture from The Autistic Culture Podcast. It touches on themes we cover in our glossary.
- DIY
- niche construction
- community
- neuroqueering
- very grand emotions
- belonging
- stim dancing
- co-regulation
- masking
On Spotify:
On Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-autistic-culture-podcast/id1653171456?i=1000680698511
At the end of the episode, they give a shout out to our “Chronic Neurodivergent Depressed Queer Punk: Punk Rock, the Social Model of Disability, and the Dream of the Accepting Community” playlist. There’s a lot to learn about neurodivergent life and culture in that playlist.
Everything that was normally supposed to be hidden was brought to the front.
Punk subculture – Wikipedia