Tommey: Polly Tommey

Polly Tommey hosts a weekly thirty-minute interview series from the UK, exploring all facets of parental and professional interest and the emerging initiatives in the international world of autism.

Polly Tommey is the mother of three children of which one son, Billy aged 11, has autism. Polly is also Editor of The Autism File, a leading circulation parental help magazine, and is the Founder of The Autism Trust charity in the UK. Polly is a passionate, expressive and well-known voice of autism.

Program Archive

  • Tue, 02/10/2009 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey
    Polly Tommey Presents: Autism File Reports on Autism One Radio
    Guest: Dr. Carol Stott
    Topic: Response to the Sunday Times re: Dr. Wakefield

  • Tue, 02/10/2009 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey
    Polly Tommey Presents: Autism File Reports on Autism One Radio
    Guest: Dr. Carol Stott
    Response to the Brian Deer/Sunday Times article about Dr. Wakefield

  • Tue, 01/20/2009 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen

    Topics: Testosterone theory, misrepresentation by the British press

  • Tue, 10/28/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Allison Edwards

    Topic: The Onset of and Living with Autism

  • Tue, 10/21/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Polly Tommey Presents: Autism Issues from Around the World

    Guest: Katharine Doré, Co-Founder of the UK charity TreeHouse Trust and the recently formed charity CareTrade

    Topic: Dealing with Autism into Adulthood

  • Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Broadcaster Trisha Goddard of City Talk and Dianne Asher, Chief Executive of the Wirral Autistic Society

    Topic: Debating the Causes and Impacts of Autism in the UK

  • Tue, 10/07/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Sherry Moyer, Executive Director of the Asperger Coalition of the US
    Topic: A US Perspective of Asperger's Syndrome

  • Tue, 09/30/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Lt Col Tofayel Ahmed
    Topic: Bangladesh: A Plea for Help

  • Tue, 09/23/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Kevin Healey
    Topic: Living with Asperger's Syndrome

  • Tue, 09/09/2008 - 1:00pm

    1:00 pm - 1:30 ET
    Polly Tommey presents:
    Autism Issues Around the World
    Guest: Lara Hawkings

    Topic: Living with a Child with Autism