What Years of Caregiving Does to Your Body and Simple Things You Can Do Today | Dr. Paul Nash, USC Gerontologist

Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib. · May 25, 2026 · 1h 3m

For every autism mom, dad, grandma, and caregiver who has been told to "just reduce your stress" by a doctor who has clearly never watched their child have a meltdown at 2 a.m., this episode is for you. In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr. Paul Nash, USC gerontologist and co-author of Critical Questions for Ageing Societies, on the biology of autism caregiving and what is measurable, modifiable, and reversible.

Most autism parents have spent so many years tracking their child's biology that their own goes unmeasured. Paul makes the case that caregiver health…