Why is Theory of Mind Deficit Nonsense, and How Can FI Have Different Flavours? – AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast – Episode 9


Hello, and welcome back to The Autistic Writer. Here’s the latest episode of AFI: The Autism and Financial Independence Podcast. In this podcast, we discuss all the major autism issues, with a recurrent focus on financial wellbeing for autistic people and everyone. We’re not selling anything. We don’t recommend any financial products or services. We are just two autistic guys shining a light on the fact that autistic people are more likely than the general population to be financially disadvantaged.

In this episode, we take a look at why people in Sweden are getting their autism diagnoses reversed. My co-host David takes us through the different “flavours” of financial independence, and than I take a dive into one of the nastiest historical theories of autism: the Theory of Mind Deficit model.

I hope you enjoy the podcast, and I would be so grateful if you could hit the follow or subscribe button for the podcast. You can find audio versions of the pod on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Audible, and the video version is on YouTube.


That’s all for this time. Take care.


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