WELCOME TO THE AUTISTIC V.O.I.C.E. PROJECT
Where V.O.I.C.E. stands for
Validating Our Identity, Culture,
and Experiences.
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ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Autistic VOICE Project is a podcast hosted by Erin Findley, PsyD, and Matt Lowry, LPP.
We talk about what actually shapes Autistic life: burnout, unmasking, relationships, trauma, disability, parenting, and the systems that control access, credibility, and care. [this links out to the “systems” page]
This isn’t a show about making Autistic people easier to understand or more “acceptable.” It’s a place to name what’s real, track patterns as they unfold, and speak directly about the harms and adaptations Autistic people live with every day.
All episodes include full transcripts.
MEET OUR HOSTS
We’re Autistic clinicians working in shared authorship. Leadership, structure, disruption, and synthesis move between us depending on the conversation.
MATT LOWRY, LPP
Matt is an Autistic clinician, evaluator, and educator whose work centers Autistic culture, justice sensitivity, and the everyday realities of Autistic childhood and adulthood.
On the podcast, he often follows threads, finds connections, and names contradictions as they surface — inviting new directions and saying the thing that’s usually left implicit. He’s just as ready to hold structure, precision, and grounding when that’s what the moment calls for.
ERIN FINDLEY, PSYD
Erin is an Autistic psychologist who works with Autistic adults and mixed-neurotype couples. Her focus includes developmental trauma, attachment, and how Autistic people build safety, meaning, and coherence in relationships and systems that weren’t designed for us.
On the podcast, she often tracks structure, pacing, and integration — naming patterns as they emerge and helping conversations land somewhere usable. She’s just as comfortable challenging assumptions, shifting direction, or letting things get messy when clarity requires it.
POPULAR EPISODES:
Autistic Identity vs. Diagnosis (and Comic Con)
A conversation about why diagnosis is treated like legitimacy, how identity gets policed, and what gets lost when access is tied to paperwork.
Cassandra Syndrome, Misattunement, and Tangents We Refuse to Edit Out
We unpack chronic misattunement in relationships, where “communication problems” are actually about power, safety, and context.
Meet Erin and Matt
Who we are, how this podcast came to be, and why we talk the way we do. It makes more sense once you hear it.
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CONTACT US:
podcast@autisticvoiceproject.com
POPULAR EPISODES:
This week's episode, we’re diving headfirst into autistic identity—what it means, how it differs from a medical diagnosis, and why the DSM criteria kind of miss the point. We’re also calling out the neurotypical gatekeeping that makes getting a diagnosis way harder than it needs to be.
In this episode, we talk about Cassandra Syndrome - what it is, why it’s a problem, and how it shows up in cross-neurotype relationships. We get into the double empathy problem, developmental trauma, and the kinds of anxiety that come from being chronically misunderstood.
Meet your new co-hosts, Erin Findley PsyD, and Matt Lowry, LPP! We talk about who we are, the Autistic Accent, Opera, Superman, Autistic Centered Therapy, Weird Al Yankovic, and stimming. It makes more sense when you hear it than this synopsis would suggest.
In this episode, Erin and Matt talk about the causes of Autistic Anxiety, Expectation Sensitivity, Cross-Neurotype relationship therapy, and ask the age-old question, "Is it anxiety, or did I just eat at [restaurant redacted]"
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We're back and better than ever! Matt and Erin mark the beginning of their podcast journey.
Meet your new co-hosts, Erin Findley PsyD, and Matt Lowry, LPP! We talk about who we are, the Autistic Accent, Opera, Superman, Autistic Centered Therapy, Weird Al Yankovic, and stimming. It makes more sense when you hear it than this synopsis would suggest.
In this episode, Erin and Matt talk about the causes of Autistic Anxiety, Expectation Sensitivity, Cross-Neurotype relationship therapy, and ask the age-old question, "Is it anxiety, or did I just eat at [restaurant redacted]"
FOLLOW FOR MORE:
CONTACT US:
podcast@autisticvoiceproject.com
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If you have any questions, feedback, or topics you would like us to discuss, or would like to share something, we would love to hear from you! This is a safe space and we are here to listen.