In this episode of our mental health series, Zoe is joined by Grant Macaskill to discuss autism, pathways to diagnosis, and mental health. He specifically talks about funding cuts, barriers to diagnosis, and responses to concerns about overdiagnosis.

The transcript of the episode is available here: https://share.transistor.fm/s/db240881/transcript.txt

If you have any questions or just want to say hi, email us at cat@abdn.ac.uk or find us on social media @autismtheology.

Grant Macaskill, Autism and Church: www.baylorpress.com/9781481311250/autism-and-the-church/
Grant Macaskill, Long Covid lecture: https://youtu.be/BMZ9UzrhWDk

This podcast is brought to you by The University of Aberdeen's Centre for Autism and Theology.

Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/cat

The artwork for this podcast uses the Centre for Autism and Theology Logo, created by Holly Russell

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