Spectrum Perspectives
Spectrum Perspectives
Cindy Gelormini
Kirk Smith- Comedian, Autism Dad, "Autastic" Podcast Host, Part 2
19 minutes Posted Aug 31, 2025 at 12:27 am.
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Kirk is a professional comedian, Autism dad, and co-host of the Podcast “Autastic”. He talks about being a young Dad to his son JJ who has Severe Autism. They moved from California to the UK, to Connecticut, to Texas where they tried swim therapy and horse therapy to try to help him. When they hear of a state of the art school for Autism in New York they moved there to get him help. Kirk’s wife and son had dual citizenship in the Us and Sweden, so when his wife became ill they put JJ in a group home in Sweden. She passed away in 2017 and JJ is still in Sweden where he is very happy. We talk about the difference between care in Sweden verses the US.