About this episode

Tyler Barnett discusses his experiences with autism and his advocacy work through music and storytelling.

Send us Fan Mail Tyler Barnett on Late Autism Self-Diagnosis, Masking, and Creating “Gap Music” for Regulation Host Tony Mantor welcomes Tyler Barnett, founder of Tyler Barnett PR and an artistic music creator focused on empowering the autism community through intentional sound design and storytelling. Tyler shares that he is autistic and was diagnosed six months ago through self-diagnosis supported by years of personal data and extensive testing, after his 10-year-old daughter repeatedly t...

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Host: Tony Mantor

Guest: Tyler Barnett

Topics covered

• autism advocacy
• music
• sound design
• storytelling
• mental health
• self-diagnosis

Keywords

• autism
• advocacy
• music
• self-diagnosis
• mental health
• sound design
• storytelling

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