A podcast by Joan Torrents

ASD Is Ability

A podcast dedicated to exploring neurodiversity, with a particular focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder. Short, honest episodes on how ASD is ability.

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Episodes

25 episodes so far, newest first. Each one opens on Podbean, where you can play it straight away.

Season 2 · 15 episodes

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  2. 24 May 2026 · 12 min

    Time, Priorities, and Making It Count

    How much time we have, how we use it and how we find it.

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  3. 10 May 2026 · 14 minSensitive topic

    Mental Health, Reaching Out, and Facing Difficult Moments

    A heavier topic than usual, about people in very hard times.

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  4. 5 Apr 2026 · 9 min

    Life as a Chess Game: Planning Ahead and Owning Your Position

    The way we take options in life, seen through the game of chess.

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  5. 28 Mar 2026 · 13 min

    When the World Feels Out of Control: Finding Ground in Uncertain Times

    What happens when the world moves in a direction you did not choose and cannot control.

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  6. 16 Mar 2026 · 13 min

    When the News Finds You — Information, Anxiety, and the ASD Filter

    How people with ASD decide which news to let in.

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  7. 22 Feb 2026 · 16 min

    When You Are Part of a New Ritual in a Friendly Environment

    How to relax in new situations, with Chinese New Year and Yee Sang as examples.

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  8. 24 Jan 2026 · 11 min

    Unscripted: What to Do When Graham Norton Has No Pants On

    Situations so bizarre and unexpected that the brain stops.

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  9. 16 Jan 2026 · 17 min

    Be Yourself No Matter What They Say

    Embracing your differences as abilities, with tools for self acceptance.

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  11. 20 Dec 2025 · 12 min

    How Are You? The Meaning Behind Questions Like That

    How do we answer that question as someone with ASD?

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  12. 9 Dec 2025 · 12 min

    Master of Wine, Neurodiversity and Preparing for Difficult Exams

    Could very difficult exams favour a certain type of neurodiversity?

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  13. 27 Nov 2025 · 11 min

    Traffic Lights, Wedding and How to Ask Important Questions

    Thinking about your audience when you ask something important.

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  14. 20 Nov 2025 · 11 min

    Visualisation Is One Tool to Achieve More

    What if you could achieve more by thinking that it has already happened?

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  15. 8 Nov 2025 · 7 min

    Come Back and Halloween

    The first episode of season two: why the show is back and how Halloween looks from an ASD view.

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Season 1 · 10 episodes

  1. 16 May 2024 · 2 min

    Season Finale. Last episode of this season where I talk about a new podcast that I want to launch.

    A look at the next venture, talking about wine and consumer preferences.

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  2. 12 Apr 2024 · 15 min

    Deadlines and expectations. Taking possibly the most difficult exam: the Master of Wine and lessons from neurodiversity and ASD

    Sometimes we create and impose our own deadlines and expectations.

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  3. 3 Apr 2024 · 18 min

    Mood and neurodiversity. Ways to manage our good and bad days

    How mood is influenced for people with ASD and how we present to others.

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  5. 21 Mar 2024 · 25 min

    PDPA – A neurodiverse approach to view challenges and be more effective at addressing them

    How an autism spectrum perspective changes the way we face challenges.

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  6. 13 Mar 2024 · 25 min

    Let's get the party started. How different is ASD perspective? Plus an insight on my experience on not delaying sharing memories.

    Whether to go to the party, clearing up misconceptions and recording memories while they are fresh.

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  7. 7 Mar 2024 · 19 min

    Why is that guy standing first in the line to get on the plane? ASD experiences at the airport.

    Experiences from airports and flying, to build awareness and understanding.

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  8. 29 Feb 2024 · 20 min

    Reasons for podcast title, drive and how I have launched

    Why the podcast has its name, what drives it and how it launched.

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  9. 23 Feb 2024 · 13 min

    Understanding ASD and links with Asperger

    What ASD means, how its definition shaped perceptions and the older term Asperger.

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  10. 15 Feb 2024 · 13 min

    Introducing ASD Is Ability

    The first episode: how ASD is perceived and defined.

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ASD is ability.

About the show

ASD Is Ability is a podcast dedicated to exploring neurodiversity, with a particular focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD. It is hosted by Joan Torrents, who talks openly about his own experience and about what ASD means in everyday life, from airports and parties to exams, news and mood.

The show starts from one idea: that ASD is ability. Each episode shares a perspective, a story or a tool you can try, for people with ASD, for people who live or work alongside them, and for anyone curious about how different minds work.

Joan is also the author of Captivate to Thrive, a practical guide to turning ideas into reality.