40 episodes
The Late Discovered Club Catherine Asta
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4.8 • 36 Ratings
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The Late Discovered Club is a podcast that gives late discovered autistic women and marginalized genders a voice. We bring you real life self-discovery stories, and compassionate conversations with some truly incredible women and people.
Created and hosted by Psychotherapist Catherine Asta whose own self discovery came at 42.
In each episode Catherine will be exploring real and empowering stories of late discovered autistic women and people, from all walks of life - through an intersectional lens - helping to deconstruct stereotypes, and give visibility to the next generation.
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S3 Episode 5 - The Missing Piece
Catherine speaks to Anita Patel about her late autistic discovery.
Anita received a late diagnosis of Autism and ADHD in 2023, after recovering from breast cancer and also burnout, through many years of masking.
Anita’s life has totally changed since her late discovery and she is keen to raise awareness about the role intersectionality can also play, when seeking answers and accessing support.
Being a South Asian woman and having a family who do not ‘fit the mould’, she knows first-hand about the further cultural challenges that exist for neurodivergent individuals.
This is turn can feel isolating - and stops them from sharing their experiences - she is hoping to try and change this. One of her favourite quotes is:
“Fair isn’t everyone getting the same thing. Fair is everyone getting what they need in order to be successful.”
Follow Anita on LinkedIn
Visit Anita's website
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Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
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S3 Episode 4 - Creating Your Own Space
Catherine speaks to Sofia Akbar about her late autistic discovery.
Sofia is a late diagnosed AuDHD single mum and secondary maths teacher.
Her self discovery journey started from the trials of her oldest son's autism diagnosis, impacted by the trauma of (TW) domestic abuse and racial discrimination.
She was recognised for her Support for Inclusive Learning by Scottish Asian Minority Ethnic Educators in 2022 and also won Small Business Award from Scottish Asian and Business Awards 2023 for her private tuition business called Limitless Learners.
Sofia has also been nominated as a finalist for British Muslim Awards Community Spirit for her role in setting up and leading Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics CIC.
Follow Sofia on Instagram
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3 ways you can support the podcast and the work we do...
Become a member, champion or partner and join our growing community.
Buy us a coffee.
Rate & review the show
Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Helen Hillman
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
Contact Catherine Asta
Music by Allora
Follow us on Instagram:
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The Late Discovered Club
Join our next Group Circle
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S3 Episode 3 - The Autistic Chef
Catherine speaks to Vanessa D’Souza AKA The Autistic Chef about her late autistic discovery.
Vanessa is a MasterChef UK 2023 Semi-Finalist and National Autistic Society Celebrity Ambassador who runs a neuroaffirming instagram page where she shares sensory friendly feeding tips and recipes in order to make cooking accessible to everyone.
3 ways you can support the podcast and the work we do...
Become a member, champion or partner and join our growing community.
Buy us a coffee.
Rate & review the show
Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Helen Hillman
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
Contact Catherine Asta
Music by Allora
Follow us on Instagram:
Catherine Asta
The Late Discovered Club
Join our next Group Circle
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S3 Ep2 - Pete Wharmby
It's World Autism Acceptance Week, so we thought we'd bring you an extra special episode to celebrate someone who, through his advocacy work, books and his very presence, has made a significant difference to our Late Discovered Community - we're not sure that Pete really knows the difference he has made to helping others feel seen, heard and understood through his work, and his words as a best selling author and speaker.
Pete was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 34 in 2017, and in this episode we explore his late discovered autistic story.
And whilst this podcast is to give autistic women and marginalized genders a voice, it’s also vitally important that we hear as many late discovered voices and perspectives on the autistic experience, so we will be making *additional* space to hear more from the male experience of late discovery, and we're hoping that Pete might help us with bringing more of those stories to life!
Follow Pete on Instagram and LinkedIn
Pete's website
3 ways you can support the podcast and the work we do...
Become a member, champion or partner and join our growing community.
Buy us a coffee.
Rate & review the show
Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Helen Hillman
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
Contact Catherine Asta
Music by Allora
Follow us on Instagram:
Catherine Asta
The Late Discovered Club
Join our next Group Circle
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S3 Episode 1 - Unfurling
We're back for another season, and whilst Catherine is still climbing the breast cancer mountain, the top of that mountain is in sight, and this season will run until her treatment finishes in November 2024 with bi-weekly episodes for you to indulge in from now until then.
First up in Season 3 is Dr Emma Svanberg -
an award winning Clinical Psychologist, author of Parenting For Humans (Vermilion, 2 March 2023) founder of The Psychology Co-operative and co-founder of Make Birth Better CIC. Emma also facilitates a parenting community on Facebook called The Village – A Parenting Community For Humans.
We explore how being undiagnosed and undiscovered for four decades has impacted Emma's mental health and physical health, the space she has created for herself to embrace and unfurl, letting go of the weight of expectations, and Emma talks about the missing mixed race element and conversation to autistic identity.
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More information about Dr Emma Offord - the Psychologist Emma talks about who undertook her assessment.
3 ways you can support the podcast and the work we do...
Become a member, champion or partner and join our growing community.
Buy us a coffee.
Rate & review the show
Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Helen Hillman
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
Contact Catherine Asta
Music by Allora
Follow us on Instagram:
Catherine Asta
The Late Discovered Club
Join our next Group Circle
The Asta Community of Professionals -
S2 Episode 16 - Searching For The Why
In this episode we are joined by Helen Hillman - a late discovered autistic woman, who made her autistic discovery whilst in therapy, and received her official diagnosis last year at the age of 28 after a long history of poor mental health.
Helen has suffered with anxiety all her life, which she thought was explained by a diagnosis of dyspraxia when she was 18. She had her first breakdown, and was diagnosed with generalised anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder at age 20.
Helen experienced a second breakdown at age 24, and at this point, was unable to leave the house more than once or twice a week, and was losing hope, so mounted a search for a therapist.
Helen talks in the episode about the life changing role that therapy played in her autistic discovery, and hopes that it helps those thinking about therapy, and therapists themselves.
Helen has become increasingly convinced that sharing her experience will not only prove invaluable to her own processing, but is the surest way to help other women and girls who find themselves in similar positions to get the help they need.
Follow Helen on Instagram
3 ways you can support the podcast and the work we do...
Become a member, champion or partner and join our growing community.
Buy us a coffee.
Rate & review the show
Thank you to our Community Partners who are supporting the work that we are doing.
A Tidy Mind
The Growth Pod
A BIG shoutout to our Community Champions who are championing the work we do:
Helen Hillman
Kay Mathiesen
Katherine Kowalski
The Late Discovered Club is hosted by Catherine Asta and edited by Caty Ava - visit our website
Contact Catherine Asta
Music by Allora
Follow us on Instagram:
Catherine Asta
The Late Discovered Club
Join our next Group Circle
Customer Reviews
Amazing insight
Thank you for all your hardwork in creating this podcast.
Unbelievable relief knowing I’m not an alien or alone.
I have only just come across this podcast and Insta account and I am so thankful they exist.
I had my lightbulb moment about a year ago and have be researching my socks off. I have my official assessment in January and I am very nervous!
Hearing the 1st ep of the 1st series it’s like listening to me tell my accounts of my experiences. It is so unbelievably relieving to hear that many, many other females have gone through the struggles I have and coped this long wondering why I am like this.
Thank you so much.
An interesting listen…not just for ND people!
I found this podcast recently- I find it a really good format and Catherine’s interview style is gentle yet probing. The variety of guests from different places, professional backgrounds etc has given me something to think about after every episode.