Autistic Flow

Autistic Flow

Autistic Small Talk by Vanessa Yaremchuk and Vince Freeborn
E14
Apr 18, 2026
58:00

Episode notes

Vince and Vanessa discourse expediently upon 2 papers about Autistic Flow. The first describes a proposed theory of Autistic Flow and the second is a qualitative study of Autistic people transitioning in and out of flow. We also talk about anarchist callisthenics.

Anarchist Callisthenics

Anarchist Callisthenics video

https://www.tiktok.com/@jonjon.jpeg/video/7597533190965808398

The Happy Urbanist

https://www.thehappyurbanist.city/

Autistic Flow

Heasman, B., Williams, G., Charura, D., Hamilton, L. G., Milton, D., & Murray, F. (2024). Towards autistic flow theory: A non-pathologising conceptual approach. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 54(4), 469–497. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12427

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JDZZFXR6URAUQTXPD34U?target=10.1111/jtsb.12427

A podcast of the authors discussing the paper:

https://youtu.be/lGrLMPXJAuk

Wain, D., G.Williams, D.Charura, et al. 2026. “Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow: A Qualitative Study Presenting a Non-Pathologising Approach to Autistic Well-Being and Conceptualising Autistic Ways of Being in Clinical and Therapeutic Settings.” Counselling and Psychotherapy Research26, no. 1: e70073. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.70073.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CXWVCJMS7ST8E6MNAXNK?target=10.1002/capr.70073

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Keywords

Autistic Flow