AUTISTIC Viewpoints is a new podcast hosted by Turrell Burgess and Daria Brown. This episode, they discuss life as a twin to an autistic sibling with Miles Kredich. Miles discusses life as a twin to an Autistic sibling, Ben, who was tragically killed in 2023 at the age of 24. Miles and Ben, both having synaesthesia, were able to connect on a deep level. Miles reflects on growing up with Ben and on Ben's Autistic nature and way of being.
Learn more at https://affectautism.com/autistic-viewpoints/
Timestamps:
00:00 Introductions
02:46 Background about the Kredich family
05:06 Turrell's reflections
06:19 Miles on growing up with his twin brother, including Ben's sensory experience
09:00 Floortime and Autism being misunderstood
09:36 Ben's experience with pitch and his musical world
13:36 Miles' first awareness of his synaesthesia and perfect pitch then connecting with Ben around this
15:55 Ben's interest in Miles' world of experience
17:55 Synaesthesia
19:42 Echolalia and intense passions including Ben's love of being in the water
21:21 Miles' father
21:37 Ben's ear for pitch and controlling his environment through pitch
23:34 Need for accommodation and Ben's echolalia
25:28 The universal experience and embracing our differences
26:50 The label of Autism
27:39 The commonality of Autism experiences and "limbic cues"
29:54 Modifying the environment to accommodate disability
32:12 Autistic experiences with change
36:55 Turrell and Ben's interests
38:12 Funniest memories with Ben
40:31 Meeting in dreams
41:19 Reflections since Ben's passing
44:04 Miles logo created with Ben
45:15 Turrell's wrap up
46:21 Autism Moms
47:20 Resonating example of accommodation
48:29 Closing comments
48:45 Kasheena's birthday memorial
Links to Resources:
* Thank you to Hungarian recording artist Post Analog Disorder for the intro/outro music permission: https://postanalogdisorder.bandcamp.com/album/still-i-rise
