Recorded on November 15th, 2022



"Small Talk I have found is never small"



I met Angela on LinkedIn on a comment thread where the OP posted about having the "camera on" feature as a requirement for work actually does a disservice for people on the spectrum. I appreciated Angela's comments that camera off help with workplace accommodations and had to invite her to be on the pod.

Angela shares her experience of being a black woman on the spectrum and how it has affected her work and home life pre and post diagnosis. Intersectionality and Autism are significant social markers when it comes to self advocacy in professional spaces. Discrimination is experienced at higher rates among people of color who are also on the spectrum . What do we do when we don't meet other people's social expectations when on the spectrum? Listen and find out.

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#73 - Ugh...Small Talk, Yuck

"Exposure doesn't pay the rent" Meet ⁠Faith Saenz⁠ (Pronounced like "Signs") a long-time veteran of Technical Talent Acquisition, an autism educator, speaker, writer and Founder of NeuroTalent Consulting, a company that aims to tackle the autistic community's estimated 60%+ unemployment rate.  Saenz sheds light on how organizations can leapfrog the competition by actively integrating hiring practices that bring autistic and other neurodivergent candidates into their organizations, creating teams of immense power, with a wide breadth of experience and scope. She also works directly with autistic jobseekers to help them develop their own fulfilling careers. Support Faith's GoFundMe - ⁠https://www.gofundme.com/f/faith-saenz-fundraiser member=30370297&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer⁠ Click here to Book Faith for Autistic Hiring Consulting Services - ⁠https://www.neurotalentconsulting.com/⁠ ************************************************************* Por*Ass Podcast Theme Song by ⁠Inappropriate Things⁠ - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/inappropriate.things/?hl=en⁠ Instagram - @⁠Porasspodcast ⁠ Twitter - ⁠Porasspodcast ⁠ Website - ⁠www.Porasspodcast.com⁠ How to support the Pod: ⁠www.venmo.com⁠ - @⁠BMEREcovery⁠ Subscribe on Spotify for access on exclusive episode content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/porasspodcast/subscribe⁠ Stripe - ⁠https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/cN25o57k67Qk2xq7ss⁠ Want a personal video message? Get me on Cameo! - ⁠https://www.cameo.com/veeporras⁠ pay pal - ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/VeronicaPorras⁠ Leave a Tip Buy Me A Coffee - ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/porasspodcast⁠ Leave a Tip On my GoodPods page ⁠https://goodpods.app.link/UzMxr9Duhkb⁠ Riverside Referral Link - Looking for a platform to record, stream, create clips of your content? Use my referral link to sign up when you subscribe to an upgraded account ⁠https://riverside.fm/? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/porasspodcast/message

#72 - Faith Saenz - Accessible Hiring for Autistic Professionals 

Recorded on Dec 20, 2022



"HR is not your enemy but they are definitely not your friend - I AM." - S. Anne Marie Archer



Being neurodivergent while also being discriminated against while at work is not an easy dynamic to navigate. What recourse do you have? How can you protect yourself and your mental health when holding your company accountable to the discrimination you are experiencing? Meet S. Anne Marie Archer. [https://www.theantihr-hrlady.com/] She is on a mission to teach employees how to stand up for themselves and know their rights in the workplace and hold HR, organizations and managers accountable when they create and perpetuate hostile, toxic and discriminatory workplaces.

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#71 - The Anti-HR Lady - S. Anne Marie Archer

Ok so you are a later in life adult woman+/womyn with Autism, now what? How do you meet your own needs with compassion and joy without resentments and shame?

Episode Guest - Jennifer Alumbaugh [https://www.expansiveexpressions.com/meet-jennifer/] Founder & Creator of Expansive Expressions, a queer, neurodivergent-founded company specializing in delivering high caliber, NeuroInclusive, Executive Consulting and Business Coaching to neurodivergent founders, executives, and professionals. 

Link to Jennifer's ongoing list of resources on their website for the adult woman+/womyn looking for help and hope. You don't need to suffer or be alone in this. - https://www.expansiveexpressions.com/resources/



Jennifer Alumbaugh to Speak on Tuesday July 25th, 2023 at the Neurodiverse Entrepreneur Summit https://neurodiverseentrepreneursummit.com/ Free to attend Event Online.

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#70 - Jennifer Alumbaugh - We Are Not Failed Humans

Recorded on July 30th, 2022 - two days after I was let go at PRX Media.



The covert manager harassment that I experienced while employed at PRX Media was especially taxing on my self esteem and mental health. Then add autism (I was diagnosed while on this job on July 8th, 2022) and it was double disorienting. So how can you keep your emotions in check during an abusive work environment while working on your exit plan to get out? My Guest Joie (pronounced as "Joy") Seldon the author of EMOTIONS: An Owner's Manual [https://joieseldon.com/emotions-owners-manual/] and also developed The J.O.I.E.* Method, a system for harnessing emotions as a tool for success, shares her professional experience on coaching women through difficult working situations.



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#69 - Joie Seldon - Toxic Managers: Don't Let Them Get Your Goat!

My guest Teresa and I talk about navigating the workplace and workplace trauma as a later in life diagnosed person on the Spectrum. Where is the support for the later in life Autistic Womyn when the majority of ASD support is focused on children and teens?



Trigger Warning: We go into detail regarding Work Place Trauma while on the spectrum. Please do self care and take a break if it becomes too much.



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#68 - Later in Life ASD Diagnosis 

“That’s how I found out that I was on the spectrum!…”

Series Kick Off Thursday June 14, 2023



I was recently diagnosed with Autism in July 2022 while I was employed at PRX Media. I’m no longer at that company I was let go in July 2022. Instead of support I was placed on a PIP (Professional Improvement Plan) soon after I reported to HR about the bullying and harassment by my manager when I revealed to her that I suspected that I might be on the spectrum as I was having difficulty with my job. I never signed an NDA with PRX Media so I'm free to talk about this. I have also received word that my former manager has been fired 10 months after I was let go.

Inspired by what happened to me at PRX, I wanted to produce podcast episodes on Adults who got later in life ASD diagnosis in Women, LGBT+, and People of Color. Autism in women is easily missed as the traits and markers are based on white males on the spectrum. How autism is expressed in women differs, but there are some overlap.



LGBT and POC who are on the spectrum are at risk of discrimination in the workplace. My hope is that this Adult Autism Series will help to provide support to the adult woman, LGBT+ and Person Of Color who is on the Spectrum who maybe struggling and feeling hopeless while at work or in their day to day life. Just because were on the spectrum doesn’t make us incapable! We have a lot to offer and contribute, so why aren’t we given the chance? That’s my big question I hope to find some answers, validation, and sustainable solutions as I navigate this aspect of myself and continue to heal.  



The Adult Autism Series will cover how to navigate work/career, Autistics who have their own businesses, Autistics who are living independently how they did it, what was/or not helpful when it comes to independent living, social dynamics, family, dating/marriage, being single/solo, LGBT+, meltdowns/burnout, people of Color on the spectrum. This is for the Adult Autistic who is struggling and is looking for support and apply real solutions in living an abundant life while on a budget.



If you are an Adult who got a later in life diagnosis (Official or Self Diagnosis) and there was a topic that you would like to cover or be a guest on the show? Email porasspodcast@gmail.com



DISCLAIMER:

- I’m not going to pretend to have experience I don’t have when it comes to support for the Adult Autistic. I will reach out to other Adult Autistics who would like to come on the pod and share their experience.

- We will address Assumptions, Misconceptions & the Reality of Adult Autism

- There maybe comments about Spectrum Levels (Level 1, 2, 3). I only mention my level as that is what I was told by my ASD evaluator. Spectrum is Spectrum I won't be focusing on levels. I'll be focusing on Lived Experience and resources that work for me and what works for my guest(s).



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Adult Autism Series Trailer - Series Kick Off Thursday June 14th, 2023

Recorded on August 22nd, 2021



Let's get vulnerable about Career Pivots, Content Pivots and how personal finances play a part in your pivots when it comes to your livelihood.

Guest: Megan Hunt (Co-Host of Woo As Fuck Podcast [https://www.wooasfuck.space/about])



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#67 - Megan Hunt - Career Pivot On A Budget

"Growth doesn't happen when things are going well" Nina G. (Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Happen & Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History) returns to the pod to promote her new comedy album and we also deep dive on what steps do you take when you find yourself newly disabled, facing discrimination, and trying to find support and community at the same time? Listen and Find out. Por*Ass Podcast Theme Song by Inappropriate Things Instagram - Porasspodcast Twitter - Porasspodcast How to support the Pod: www.venmo.com - @BMEREcovery Subscribe on Spotify for access on exclusive episode content! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/porasspodcast/subscribe Stripe - https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/cN25o57k67Qk2xq7ss Want a personal video message? Get me on Cameo! - https://www.cameo.com/veeporras pay pal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/VeronicaPorras Leave a Tip Buy Me A Coffee -https://www.buymeacoffee.com/porasspodcast Leave a Tip On my GoodPods page and be added to my GoodPods Private Chat Group - Follow me on the Goodpods podcast app rate and comment on individual episodes chat with me and with other fans! https://goodpods.app.link/UzMxr9Duhkb Riverside Referral Link - Looking for a platform to record, stream, create clips of your content? Use my referral link to sign up when you subscribe to an upgraded account https://riverside.fm/? Are you in a toxic discriminatory workplace? Need help on getting out with severance and pay? Follow the Anti-HR Lady at https://www.theantihr-hrlady.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/porasspodcast/message

#66 - Nina G. - Stutterer Interrupted 

Recorded on March 7, 2022

How do you maintain authenticity, diversity, equity, and inclusion while you are creating a brand new game franchise? Producer Timothy Morigeau of Star Empress Trine [https://starempresstrine.com/]has some thoughts on this.

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#65 - Timothy Morigeau - Game Development On A Budget

Can we live abundantly while on a budget? Lets find out... Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/porasspodcast/support

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