S1.E5: The Problem with The Telepathy Tapes
Update: 2025-02-05
Description
In this week's episode, Phyllis critiques the wildly popular 'Telepathy Tapes' podcast.
The Telepathy Tapes is a documentary-style podcast that explores the possible phenomenon of non-speaking autistic people and telepathic abilities. Despite her admiration for producer Kai Dickens' work, Phyllis finds the telepathy podcast deeply problematic, including:
- Lack of scientific process and real evidence
- Potential harm to the neurodivergent community by sensationalizing and othering autistic people
- Distracting from meaningful progress and understanding of how to support non-speaking autistic people and their families/caregivers
- Devaluing the contribution and self-advocacy of actually autistic non-speakers
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