How to Unlearn Everything You Know About Autism

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"As soon as that stuff really hit the mainstream I just thought yeah I recognize this completely and I can almost unquestioningly accept it," she says. "I also feel I know sound like quite self-aggrandizing and now I'm like Britain's most woke woman" She adds: 'What it would I have got is a confidence to know how little I know and that I learned that privately'

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to journalist and writer Alexandra Heminsley, author of Some Body to Love. After infertility treatment, a challenging pregnancy and a sexual assault, Alex found her relationship drifting apart for reasons she couldn’t fully understand. But when her partner finally disclosed that they wanted to transition to being a woman, Alex had to come to terms with something she never expected: being part of a LBTQIA+ family. In this conversation, she explores her compassionate response to her former partner’s needs, how it has changed her viewpoint on life, and how life can be remade in the face of the unexpected.

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