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The Late Discovered Club

The Late Discovered Club

The Late Discovered Club is a social impact community and podcast, on a mission to give a voice to Late Discovered Autistic women and people, provide access to tailored post discovery support, and to help create safer, more autistic inclusive spaces, places and faces.

The podcast brings you real and empowering stories of late discovered autistic women and people from all walks of life - through an intersectional lens - helping to deconstruct stereotypes, and giving the next generation visibility.

Hosted by autistic Psychotherapist & Author Catherine Asta and edited by her daughter, Caty Ava.

It has has an ever growing global community currently in over 120 countries and was ranked the number one podcast for 'Female Autism' in the world by FeedSpot in 2023.

Season 4 starts in January 2025.

We have an ambitious 10 year plan to be a global movement that is making evidenced social impact, and changing the narrative and lived experience of autistic women and marginalised groups.

We are passionate about working with heart led businesses who are committed to wanting to create safer and more inclusive places, spaces and faces for late discovered autistic women and people, through the delivery of The Late Discovered Club AllyShip Programme, as well as delivering tailored post discovery support through our circles, online community and podcast.

Head to our 'About Us' page to read more about our 10 year vision, the impact we've made so far, and the ways in which you can get involved.

Thank you to our Community Partners (Sponsors) and Members who are supporting the work that we do.

Catherine & Caty

Recent Blog Posts

Barefoot with Wild Hair

This week's blog post has been inspired by some words which jumped straight from a page and into my heart… “I’d rather be all by myself, barefoot with wild hair, talking to the moon than just parts of me that fit in with how peop…

New Community Partner

Why I'm supporting The Late Discovered Club The Late Discovered Club podcast has been enlightening for me personally, and is also a resource I refer many of my clients to, particularly female clients in their 40s and 50s who are beginning to explor…

New Community Partner

Why do we want to support LDC as a community partner? In the current day and age, the term ‘Neurodivergent’ is becoming a widely used term within society and it’s about time that neurodivergent business owners get the support that…

About the Host

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Catherine Asta

Host

Catherine is a late discovered autistic author, psychotherapist (and ex NHS Strategist) and the founder and host of popular podcast and community ‘The Late Discovered Club’.

Over the last decade Catherine has worked with hundreds of women and people and has spent thousands and thousands of hours holding space for them. Her specialism has further focused into helping and supporting late discovered autistic women and people to rediscover themselves in a compassionate and courageous way, as well as autistic burnout, and trauma recovery work, which she delivers through her 1:1 therapy, group circles, workshops, podcast, community and her books.

Catherine also works with a variety of organisations as a trainer, consultant and speaker on all things neuroinclusion, women, autism and mental health, including delivering the NHS National Autism Trainer Programme to 100's of mental health professionals on how to deliver better care.

Her first book 'Rediscovered' which is a compassionate and courageous guide for late discovered autistic women (and their allies) will be published by JKP on 21st February 2025 and is available to pre-order. Her second book 'When The Body Says Enough' which is the late discovered woman's guide to burnout, recovery and coming home to yourself will be published in 2026 by JKP.

She is licensed to practice with the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP) and was awarded a Fellow in 2019 for outstanding commitment to her profession. She has a Degree and MSc in Psychology, a Diplo… Read More

Episodes

Dec. 15, 2022

Episode 1 - Be the Change

Our guest on our first ever episode is me, Catherine Asta , the Creator and Host of The Late Discovered Club. Having always been the champion of other peoples stories, I thought it was time to champion some of my own story. …
Jan. 12, 2023

Episode 2 - Change the Narrative

Our guest on episode 2 is ex-Olympic Rower and Founder of Neurodiverse Sport, Caragh McMurtry . Caragh talks to host Catherine Asta about her late discovered autism diagnosis, how she was misdiagnosed as having bipolar disor…
Jan. 23, 2023

Episode 3 - Autistic at 40

Our guest on Episode 3 is Toni B , creator and host of the podcast 'Autistic at 40'. After a lifetime of existential confusion, wondering if there was any place for her in this world, along with the pain and shame of knowing…
Jan. 29, 2023

Episode 4 - This is who I am

Andrea Anderson talks to our host Catherine Asta about her late discovered autism aged 45, just as the world was turning on a pandemic axis - what followed were two years of her carefully constructed world unravelling. How h…
Feb. 4, 2023

Episode 5 - With Compassion

Victoria Matthews-Patel talks to our host Catherine Asta about her experience of years of mental and physical ill health, which all culminated in a breakdown in 2018, and how, with professional help she uncovered layers of h…
Feb. 9, 2023

Episode 6 - Out of the Dark

Becky Davies joins our host Catherine Asta to shine a light on her late autism discovery at 38. As a Detective Inspector , Becky has the privilege of looking after the people who deliver a public protection service to some o…