Autism, Language & Intersectionality: The Hidden Bias In Diagnosis & Support

Warda Farah, an autistic Independent Researcher and Speech & Language Therapist, joins Ben for a powerful conversation about identity, language and what happens when the systems designed to support you don’t see you properly.

Drawing on both lived experience and clinical insight, Warda reflects on leaving the NHS after recognising how standardised assessments were failing marginalised children - and why ideas of “normal” can exclude more than they help.

Together, they explore intersectionality, internalised ableism and the role language plays in shaping how we understand ourselves.

If you’ve ever felt unseen by systems, misunderstood by language, or caught between identities - this episode is for you.

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Host: Ben Branson

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Music: Jackson Greenberg

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