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Autism Dadcast

by Gaz and Andrew

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  • #50 | EHCP & SEND Reform: Who Decides It's Overdiagnosis?

    October 14, 2026 · 41 min

    Fifty episodes in, and last week we asked for one thing: a party that would put a proper plan for SEND families on the table. This week, one did.Gaz and Andy start with the Oxford Half Marathon and the £1,360 you helped raise for Ambitious…

  • #49 | Autism Diagnosis: A Two-Year Wait, Unless You Can Pay

    October 4, 2026 · 57 min

    Some 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"…

  • #48 | Autism Elopement: "He Will Not Respond To His Name"

    September 21, 2026 · 51 min

    Not 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…

  • 858 Parents Told Us The Fear They Never Say Out Loud

    September 7, 2026 · 50 min

    Andy 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…

  • #46 | Robbie Williams & Should Autism Be Split Into Levels?

    August 19, 2026 · 53 min

    Robbie 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 min

    Andy 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…

  • #44 | Stem Cells & Autism: Hope, Science, or a Very Expensive Gamble?

    July 18, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    Across 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…

  • #43 | "Where Will They Be When They're 30?" | Jolanta Lasota, Ambitious about Autism

    July 9, 2026 · 50 min

    This 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…

  • #42 | "I Wouldn't Pay A Penny To Change Him" | Paul Mullin On Albi, Autism & Being A Dad

    June 26, 2026 · 45 min

    Paul 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…

  • #41 | How One Wrong Word Can Ruin An Entire Day

    June 19, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    One missed board and one wrong word at in the morning, and Thomas's whole morning falls apart. This week Gaz and Andy unpack how much detail autistic kids track, why a single word can rewrite their day, and how much they understand even…

  • #40 | Toilet training, Autism & Gut Health.

    June 11, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

    Every parent of an autistic child has been told the same thing: just take the nappy off and sit them on the toilet. This week Gaz and Andy sit down with Charmaine, a learning disability nurse turned continence consultant with over 30 years…

  • #39 | "He Opened The Door And Just Walked Off"

    June 4, 2026 · 58 min

    You can know your child inside out and still be blindsided in the space of a week. This one starts with Thomas opening the front door and wandering off down a hill in a quiet Shropshire village - the same week Lydia did almost exactly the…

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About the show

An unfiltered, unflinching, and occasionally inappropriate deep dive into the world of autism parenting, from a dad's perspective. Gaz and Andy are two dads doing this in real time, not experts with a script. Honest conversations about autism and ADHD, diagnosis and assessment, EHCPs and school, meltdowns and sensory overload, and the parts of SEN parenting nobody warns you about. Support the show at bit.ly/dadcast-support