S4 Ep8: Mind the Kids - Therapy and Autism: Actions for Adaptions

This Mind the Kids episode, ‘Therapy and Autism: Actions for Adaptations’, asks what does truly neurodiversity affirming therapy look like for autistic young people with co occurring mental health difficulties? Dr Jane Gilmour and Professor Umar Toseeb are joined by clinician researcher Professor Francisco Musich to step inside the therapy room and examine how it actually feels for autistic children and adolescents with co occurring conditions to navigate CAMHS support. Across the conversation, they move beyond theory and guidelines to the lived details that make or break engagement: the speed and style of language, the sensory impact of the clinic environment, and how far therapists are willing to adapt around special interests, alternative media and different processing speeds. Along the way, they weigh personal clinical instincts against a still emerging evidence base, asking which accommodations genuinely improve outcomes and which might be comforting but ineffective, and what this means for designing neurodiversity affirming, research informed care. Professor Francisco Musich will be delving into this topic more in February 2026 at the ACAMH webinar - Autism and Co-occurring Conditions: Adapting Psychological Therapies Get a free CPD/CME certificate for listening to this podcast by registering for a FREE ACAMH Learn account at

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S4 Ep8: Mind the Kids - Therapy and Autism: Actions for Adaptions is an episode from Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).

This episode is 48:14 long.

This episode was published on Dec 17, 2025.

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