Episode 367-Autistic Adult Theo Maynard Shares How Nature And Community Helped Him Rebuild

Send us Fan Mail Theo spent years pushing away his autism diagnosis, and the cost was steep: mental health spirals, substance abuse, and the constant pressure to act “normal” in a world that rarely makes space for sensory needs. When he later works with autistic kids and recognizes himself in them, something shifts. We talk about what it means to accept autism as an identity and a nervous system reality, not a problem to be fixed, and why that acceptance can arrive late but still change every...