Autism is within the wide range of neurodivergences, which also includes people who are within the autistic spectrum, people diagnosed with ADHD, with hyperactivity or attention deficit, dyslexia or anxiety disorders. Neurodivergence is therefore very broad and brings together different people. It is estimated that around 20% of the population is neurodivergent. In Spain there are more than 450,000 people with autism, almost 1% of the population.
In Spain, autism is diagnosed around the age of five and a half, but many girls, adolescents and women experience a delay in receiving a diagnosis. Many, like Ester, who we speak to in this episode and learn her story, do not receive a diagnosis until adulthood. They are invisible.
***
Send us a voice note by WhatsApp telling us any story you know either some sound that you have nearby and that catches your attention. The important thing is that it is something that has to do with you. Save us on the agenda as “A topic up to date””. The number is the 699 518 743.
How to listen to ‘A song a day’?
If you are a member, you can listen to the new chapters of the podcast every night on elDiario.es a few hours in advance of the rest of the readers. You will receive the link in your email in the News Preview newsletter.
If you are not a member, the episode is available first thing in the morning on any app that you usually use.
Remember to subscribe to the ‘A topic a day’ podcast in your app so that the new chapters automatically arrive to you. It’s free.
You will also have all the installments of ‘A Theme Al Día’ available at elDiario.es/aldia
#PODCAST #Knowing #autistic #years
