Episode 43: with Special Guest, Luke Poulton from @veganluke

On today's episode I have special guest Luke Poulton who some of you may know as @veganluke across social media. Luke is (as his username suggests) vegan, he is 30 years old and is an Autistic stand-up comedian who was awarded Essex Comedian of the Year in 2019. At the time of recording Luke has over 60,000 followers on TikTok which is insane and I'm going to be asking him more about his brilliant videos in this episode! We chat about: Luke's Autism diagnosis and support within education His university experience, what he studied and accommodations for autistic people at university What life was like after uni, and his experiences working as a postman, in a supermarket and at a law firm How Luke got into comedy and the stand-up scene Luke's TikTok page - when and why he started it and managing with it's amazing growth! Luke's (fascinating) special interests  How he copes with daily life and through the pandemic In this episode we mentioned: The tiktok video with the handshake explore.org for the live animal cameras! Luke's Links: Luke's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Veganluke My 21andsensory links: @21andsensory on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/21andsensory/ @21andsensory on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory 21andsensory on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory 21andsensory Blog - https://21andsensory.wordpress.com @21andsensory on Twitter - https://twitter.com/21andsensory