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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. In Season 4 which began in January 2025 Catherine is joined by author Pete Wharmby as a guest co-host.
It has has an ever growing global community currently in over 125 countries, 150K downloads (putting us in the Top 5% of podcasts worldwide* according to The Podcast Host) and was ranked the number one podcast for 'Female Autism' in the world by FeedSpot in 2023/24.
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 marginalized groups.
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
Here are some great episodes to start with.
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 …
Winter always brings me a whole host of comforts, and if you’ve ever read Katherine May’s beautiful book Wintering you’ll know what I’m talking about. I love many things about winter, including walking through town in the dar…
The Snowman has been my favourite film since it first appeared on our TV screens on Boxing Day in 1982. I remember watching it for the first time as if it was yesterday. Years later, in some ridiculous corporate ice-breaking …
Host
Catherine is a late discovered autistic writer, psychotherapist (and ex NHS Strategist) and the founder and host of the podcast.
Catherine also works with a variety of organisations as a trainer, consultant and speaker on all things inclusion, women, autism and mental health, and was a trainer on the groundbreaking NHS National Autism Trainer Programme 2023/24 training 100's of mental health professionals on how to deliver better care.
She is a guest lecturer at UCL and an Associate with AT-Autism, which is a non-profit organisation in the UK and internationally.
A 2 x times breast cancer survivor, Catherine wrote her first book ‘Rediscovered’ whilst undergoing treatment.
Her second book 'When The Body Says Enough' will explore burnout and chronic pain/fatigue amongst late discovered autistic women, creating a space for stories to be heard, and our pain and fatigue better understood and supported, and it will be published in 2026 by JKP.
She lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire in the UK with her children, and is a power chair user - who goes by the name of Gloria.
Asta (which means ‘divine strength’) is the middle name Catherine gifted to herself in her 30’s to honour her strength, her danish heritage and her love of all things scandi.
