⁠AUTISTIC Viewpoints Episode 3: The 10 Pillars of Autistic Culture

⁠AUTISTIC Viewpoints⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a new podcast hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Turrell Burgess⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Daria Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠. This episode, they discuss the Autistic Culture Podcast's 10 Pillars of Autistic Culture!

Learn more at ⁠⁠https://affectautism.com/autistic-viewpoints/⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps:

00:32 10 Pillars of Autism

03:27 Pillar 1: Bottom-Up Processing

11:34 Reference to Dr. Stephen Shore mentioning "extremes" (in this podcast episode: https://affectautism.com/2025/08/01/pda/)

15:49 Pillar 2: Rhythmic Communicating

22:55 Pillar 3: Norm Challenging

28:43 Pillar 4: World Building

36:52 Pillar 5: Pattern Matching

39:19 Pillar 6: Game Changing Innovation

40:07 Pillar 7: Boldly Creating

42:36 Variations in support needs but still Autistic

44:33 Pillar 8: Predictably Comforting

48:10 Pillar 9: Justice Seeking

51:29 Pillar 10: Passionate Superfanning

56:41 Wrap-Up57:54 Kasheena Moment

Links/Resources (not endorsements; no commission was received for any of these links):

• Turrell Burgess on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tmauronthespectrum/⁠
• Daria Brown on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/affectautism/
• The 10 pillars of Autistic culture⁠: ⁠https://www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/autistic-podcast-pillars-of-autistic-culture⁠⁠
• Bill Gates is Autistic: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/bill-gates-interview-autism-spectrum
• Mexican Onyx Figurines https://www.therockwarehouse.com/assets/MEX_1142_800.jpg
• The AV Logo behind Daria's head looks like Princess Leia's hair from Star Wars https://www.theorysabers.com/article/princess-leia-quotes
• Darth Vader from Star Wars: https://wallpapers.com/darth-vader-pictures
• 1980s Strawberry Shortcake Toys: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8GJtpqvmJq/
• Michael Jackson album Thriller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album)
• Thriller music video: https://geekmamas.com/2021/08/30/thrilling-the-world-with-the-thriller-dance/
• Michael Jackson's Beat It video: https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/michael-jackson-beat-it-youtube-billion-views-club-1235515822/
• The Electrifying Mojo Detroit 1980s Radio DJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrifying_Mojo
• The Moon Walk https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/michael-jackson-learned-moonwalk/story?id=55336603
• Nirvana rock band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
• Marvel Universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe
• DC Comics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics
• Comic-Con https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_convention
• Kobe Bryant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant
• Kobe Bryant Tragic Death https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-helicopter-crash-southern-california/story?id=68545466
• 1984 Jackson Victory tour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Tour_(The_Jacksons)
• The Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions NFL and Detroit Pistons NBA teams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome
• Lollapalooza Music Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_by_year
• DIRFloortime https://www.icdl.com/dir/floortime

* Thank you to Hungarian recording artist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Post Analog Disorder⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the intro/outro music permission: ⁠https://postanalogdisorder.bandcamp.com/album/still-i-rise⁠