What Ty Tashiro has said about Autism spectrum
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026
Ty Tashiro, Psychologist and social scientist, author of Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome, has been quoted on Autism spectrum 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Tashiro argues that awkward people are not autistic, but autistic and awkward traits lie on a continuum without a clean cutoff.
“And so awkward people aren't autistic. I don't think it would be good for us to say that they're on the autism spectrum. But it is the case that it's not a clean cutoff”
TED Radio Hour: Life can be so awkward. Here's how to embrace the embarrassing (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 9:57
Tashiro says many parents report children near the 95th percentile of autistic traits who cannot get help because they do not meet the diagnostic threshold.
“my son or daughter would be at like that 95th percentile of autism characteristics and they can never qualify for a diagnosis”
TED Radio Hour: Life can be so awkward. Here's how to embrace the embarrassing (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 9:24
Episodes
Life can be so awkward. Here's how to embrace the embarrassingTED Radio Hour · Sep 25, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with Ty Tashiro, Liana Finck, Melissa Dahl and Erin Chen about awkwardness, embarrassment, cringe and talking openly about sex.
Others on Autism spectrum
- Liana Finck · 1 quote
Ty Tashiro on other topics
- Social awkwardness · 5 quotes