Mother and Son on Autism, Self Diagnosing and The Lies | Joseph & Brigitte Shipman | SC

Autism has become a hot topic online in 2026. Every is an expert and everyone claims they have it. What if I told you that the actual behaviours of autism are much more than just fixation and a lack of social skills. Mother, Brigitte Shipman joins me along with her son, Joseph Shipman to discuss living with autism from 2 different perspectives. Brigitte outline show the diagnosis completely changed motherhood for her. Joseph explains what life is like with autism is ways we would never think about. Chapters; 00:49 - A Mother recalls the Autism Diagnosis 06:20 - Joseph's early memories of realising he was different 11:20 - The Fears attached to Autism 16:55 - Surprising Factors of Autism 24:50 - Advice for Parents that are Coping and Grieving 31:44 - Offensive terms we don't realise are offensive 38:10 - How we can all be more accommodating Brigitte & Joseph; https://www.instagram.com/mothersguidethroughautism/ https://www.mothersguidethroughautism.com/ ASG; https://www.instagram.com/asg_simple Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.