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Out Of The Ordinary
Out Of The Ordinary
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Welcome to Out Of The Ordinary! My name’s Jack. If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about autism, from someone who lives alongside it, this is the podcast for you! Each week, I’m joined by new guests who share their stories and experiences too. Simple, unfiltered, real life conversations for everyone who wants to listen, to learn and to understand more. Everyone’s welcome!
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In this finale episode, I’m reunited with Holly Smith as we delve into understanding Meltdowns and Shutdowns and what it all means to people who may not know. It’s a confusing topic, let’s make it simpler!
In this week’s episode, I speak to Ellie about her experiences with getting an autism diagnosis. We look at the different stages of that process and discuss our thoughts and feelings around it all too!
This week, I’m once again ‘stateside’ to talk to journalist, Zack Budryk about his professional experiences alongside being autistic. He talks to me about the transitions he’s made in life, whilst also sharing how he manages his role in his own ways
This week in an extended length episode, I’m joined by Brandon Christ over in the USA. We’re discussing the mammoth topic of Autism and being misunderstand throughout our lives. We look at family, romance, education to name a few among many other elements.
This week, I’m turning 32! It’s my birthday week! To celebrate another year of life, I’m joined by my own mother! We have a good old time and chat about our journey together so far, as well as sharing some memories of good and not so good times for both of us.
This week I’m joined by Vicky/ActuallyAspling to discuss the challenges autistic people face when entering the world of higher education and what can be done to support them more with their experiences!
Season 3 begins with the amazingly talented autistic actor, Anthony Pereira! He joins me to discuss his career, his journey to adulthood and his background, as well as some of the challenges he experiences in the world.
In the series finale, I chat with Jacinta Dietrich, one half of the brilliant Differently Brained podcast all the way over in Australia! We chat about the positive side of autism and look at some of the things that make it so special!
This week is just me on my own again, as I answer some more of your questions about myself as the host of the podcast.
In this episode, I’m joined by Ali & Kai from the Two Complex Cases podcast to discuss examples and impacts of Autism and experiencing trauma.
This week, I’m joined by Holly Smith all the way from the USA! We’re discussing the crisis with unemployment in Autistic adults and what the reasons are for this. As well, we’re looking at what we can do to change it in the future.
In this episode, I’m joined by guest, Laura George to discuss what it’s like to live alongside autism as a woman. We explore some of those unique challenges as well as discussing work, parenting and mental health, whilst also looking at what needs to change to help women feel better understood in the future.
In this episode, I’m joined by James Cleveland, a man who recently received both his Autism & ADHD diagnoses. He chats to me about what these both mean to him personally, as well as discussing difficulties around work, socialising and more!
This week I’ll be discussing my teenage years, including struggles with fitting in, bullying, sexuality and socialising.
In the first episode of Series 2, I’m discussing what masking means to those who are autistic and how you can improve your awareness to help those who rely on using it as part of their daily lives.
In this special bonus episode, I’ll be answering questions sent in to me and giving my own personal responses as best as I can!
Burnouts can be hard. But they’re also still hardly talked about. It’s time to change that. In the final episode of Series 1, let’s chat about burnout!
This week, I look at some of the most common examples of stigma and stereotypes that exist about Autism in society and attempt to ‘bust’ a few of them!
In this episode, I’m going back in time to revisit my childhood years retrospectively and looking at some of the signs and challenges experienced
In this episode, I’ll be looking at why Autism and Mental Health difficulties are so commonly linked and why things look a bit different if you’re on the spectrum.




