Autism Dadcast
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#49 | Autism Diagnosis: A Two-Year Wait, Unless You Can Pay
October 4, 2026 · 57 minSome families are now facing a two-year minimum wait just to be assessed for autism. Around 295,000 people are on the waiting list in England. A private clinic can do it in weeks, if you can pay. Gaz and Andy start with the "golden ticket"…
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#48 | Autism Elopement: "He Will Not Respond To His Name"
September 21, 2026 · 51 minNot the episode we planned to record.This week a three year old went missing from a playground in Suffolk and was found in a pond the next day. He was non-verbal, partially deaf and on the autism pathway. Thirteen hundred members of the…
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858 Parents Told Us The Fear They Never Say Out Loud
September 7, 2026 · 50 minAndy put a post up asking autism parents to name the one fear they have never said out loud. 858 people answered, and 103 of them said almost exactly the same thing.So we sat down and read them. Not the tidy ones, the ones people only…
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#46 | Robbie Williams & Should Autism Be Split Into Levels?
August 19, 2026 · 53 minRobbie Williams announced at 52 that he is autistic, and said he has "a little bit of autism". Within a day the community had split over the phrasing.Gaz and Andy use it as a way into the question that keeps coming back. If one word covers…
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#45 | "He Doesn't Look Autistic" | 685 Parents On The Words That Stuck
July 31, 2026 · 52 minAndy put a video up asking one question: which phrase from a professional never left you? His own was a paediatrician who would not answer whether Lydia was autistic, and instead said "we just need to ensure she reaches her potential…
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#44 | Stem Cells & Autism: Hope, Science, or a Very Expensive Gamble?
July 18, 2026 · 1 hr 36 minAcross the world, parents of autistic children are being offered something that sounds almost miraculous. Clinics promise better speech, better eye contact, calmer behaviour, and in some cases claim to repair or reverse autism. The…
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#43 | "Where Will They Be When They're 30?" | Jolanta Lasota, Ambitious about Autism
July 9, 2026 · 50 minThis week Gaz and Andy sit down with Jolanta Lasota, Chief Executive of Ambitious about Autism, at their college in Isleworth. 16 years leading the charity and mum to a 21-year-old autistic son, Jolanta has seen the whole picture, from the…
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#42 | "I Wouldn't Pay A Penny To Change Him" | Paul Mullin On Albi, Autism & Being A Dad
June 26, 2026 · 45 minPaul Mullin has scored goals in front of millions and become a household name through Welcome to Wrexham. But this one is about the part of his life the cameras rarely catch: being dad to Albi, his autistic son. Gaz and Andy sit down with…