Ultra Autistic

In this deeply personal episode, Laura shares what it was like to be diagnosed as autistic at age 44 — in the middle of ultramarathon training and while trying to rebuild her career after burnout.

She talks honestly about the diagnosis process, the clues she missed (or masked), and the enormous relief of finally having a framework for understanding how her brain works. From sensory sensitivity to social exhaustion, Laura explores what it means to navigate endurance sport — and life — as a newly diagnosed autistic adult.

This episode is about unmasking, accepting, and learning how to live and move in a way that feels authentic, instead of performative.

🧠 In this episode:

• The autism diagnosis process in adulthood: what to expect
• Stimming & special interests, what those are and why they’re not so scary
• Laura’s own autistic traits 
• How ultramarathon training can support (and challenge) a sensory-sensitive nervous system
• Building a life and career that works with her brain, not against it

If you’ve ever felt like you were playing a role in your own life, this episode is a quiet permission slip to stop — and start coming home to yourself.

📣 Mentioned:

• When stimming becomes self-harm https://seeingdoubleautismawareness.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/autism-and-self-harm/
• Autism diagnosis (UK) https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/getting-diagnosed/how-to-get-diagnosed/
• Special interests https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/about-autism/focused-and-dedicated-interests
• My favourite cosy YT https://www.youtube.com/@Auticate
• My own Substack article with links to more autism resources https://substack.com/@lauragoestolondon1/p-164476826