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Neurodiversity Stories 🎙

by Darren Clark Global Neurodiversity Consultant

Do you have a story around NeurodiversityI would love for my connections to hear your story 🎙I’m putting together a series of interviews 🎯My aim is to Educate, Inspire and Motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙Over time we will be covering many aspects of Neurodiversty, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia , Hyperlexia,Autism & ADHD. Do you have a story that you would like to share I would love to interview you.Here are a few stories that I have already had the please of telling.

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Episodes

  1. "Keep Getting Back Up: From Bullied to Black Belt"

    Rowan Kinsella is a passionate advocate for Neurodiversity and an accomplished athlete in the GB Adaptive Judo Squad. Drawing from personal experience, he champions the crucial role of "Safe Spaces and Communities" for Neurodivergent individuals, especially in youth sports. Overcoming five years…

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  2. UNmuting Autism”A Son’s Voice A Mother’s Story

    Join us for an inspiring talk with Ishwarya Kumar Ishwarya Kumar is a highly driven and accomplished professional with extensive experience in leadership and global talent development, as well as solid expertise in leading the development of learning solutions, design, and products for…

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  3. “The Astonishing Advantages of the Neurodivergent.”

    “The Astonishing Advantages of the Neurodivergent.” We welcome our next guest to Neurodiversity Stories 📖 Michelle Mills-Porter is a human behaviour expert, known affectionately as The People Reader. She is a multi-award-winning businesswoman, a highly regarded professional speaker, Board member...

  4. How to let go of ND insecurity on your dating journey

    How to let go of ND insecurity on your dating journey Join us for an inspiring talk with Jamie Johnston the founder of Mattr, the world's first dating app for the unique, with a strong emphasis on Neurodiversity. Jamie's early diagnosis of dyslexia and more recent diagnosis of Audhd have...

  5. The Missing Piece for teaching dyslexic readers and spellers

    The missing piece for teaching dyslexic readers and spellers. Join us for an inspiring talk with Louise Barnes Louise will be sharing her journey and what she learned about why people can’t read/spell (it’s a very individual and personal experience but the underlying issue is the same). It’s...

  6. Dyslexia is a feature, not a limitation

    Delighted to welcome my guest to Neurodiversity Stories The topic of talk - Dyslexia is a feature, not a limitation. Guest : Mallu Moilanen Mallu Moilanen is a dyslexia liberator and dyslexia empowerment coach. She assists dyslexic adults in breaking free from limiting beliefs about their…

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  7. Exploring the Impact of AuDHD on Mental Health

    Exploring the Impact of AuDHD on Mental Health Description: Welcome to a thought-provoking episode of Neurodiversity Stories featuring Charlie Hart, famously known as 'Ausome Charlie.' Join us for an insightful conversation that delves deep into the intricate relationship between AuDHD and mental...

  8. Transforming The World Of Technology For Neurodivergents.

    Transforming The World Of Technology For Neurodivergents. We're thrilled to introduce our next special guest, Georgina Shute Gina is an accomplished ADHD Coach and dynamic speaker dedicated to transforming the world of technology for Neurodivergents. With over 32 years of lived experience and a...

  9. Neurodiversity Empowerment In The BAME Community

    Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Topic of talk - Neurodiversity Empowerment In The BAME Community Guest : Tola Awe Topic of focus: Neurodiversity in BAME communities. A brief bio and the subject of Tola' s story I am a passionate advocate for acing Neurodiversity, and I...

  10. The need for GCSE reform and how the education system is stacked up against those with SEN?

    Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Topic of talk - The need for GCSE reform and how the Education system is stacked up against those with SEN? Guest : Michelle Catterson Michelle Catterson has been the headteacher of Moon Hall School in Reigate, Surrey, for the last five...

  11. Why I Spent 17 Years Masking My Neurodivergence

    Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Guest : Catrina Lowri Topic of talk - Why I Spent 17 Years Masking My Neurodivergence Catrina founded Neuroteachers to help educational settings work with their autistic and neurodivergent learners to find simple solutions for inclusive...

  12. "Hester Grainger's Road To Success: An Inspiring Story Of Hope And Determination"

    Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Hester Grainger - Late diagnosed ADHDer | Neurodiversity Workplace Consultant | Certified ADHD Coach | Speaker | Freelance Writer Topic of talk - "Hester Grainger's Road To Success: An Inspiring Story Of Hope And Determination" Having…

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  13. Creating A Neurodiverse Workforce !

    Delighted to welcome my final guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Daniel Brooke - Neurodiversity Specialist Topic of talk - Topic - Creating A Neurodiverse Workforce ! I founded the company Neurodiversity Specialists to provide organisations with the knowledge and tools to benefit from having a...

  14. Overcoming My Dyspraxia Challenges

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Lucy Kemish Topic of talk - Topic - Overcoming My Dyspraxia Challenges ! Lucy was Diagnosed with a subarchnoid cyst in 1999 and as a result diagnosed with dyspraxia. Physical challenges such as stairs (this was a big one growing…

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  15. Understanding Dyslexia From A Neuroscience Perspective!

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Vic Williams - NeuroCoach, Speaker & Author Topic of talk - Topic - Understanding Dyslexia From A Neuroscience Perspective! Our talk will be around understanding dyslexia from a neuroscience perspective. How it impacts business…

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  16. Speaking on the Gloria de Piero’s show, on Times Radio about Dyslexia

    Absolutely delighted to be speaking on the Gloria de Piero’s show, on Times Radio In this discussion I shared my Dyslexia story and the personal battle being neurodiverse! A massive thank you to The British Dyslexia Association for setting this up and for Times Radio to give such an Incredible...

  17. My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later in life!

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Keisha Adair Swaby(BSc First Class Hon) My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later in life! Mother, Wife, Inspirational Speaker, Radio Diamond Presenter, Jamaica Parish Ambassador,...

  18. Can the Neurotypical design products for the Neurodiverse ?

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Topic : Can the Neurotypical design products for the Neurodiverse ? Stuart Marsden - Experienced project management professional and Chartered Engineer with a PhD in bio-engineering. Designers and engineers don't always make...

  19. Victim of bullies and an education system that branded him stupid because of his Dyslexia

    Growing up in the 1990s, secondary school was a nightmare for him. The victim of bullies and an education system that branded him stupid and brutalised his sense of self-worth, one of the most astonishing things about Darren is that he isn’t bitter or angry. He just wants to make the world a…

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  20. Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in certain fields, especially engineering and tech.

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Aaron Swan - Topic of talk - "Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in engineering and tech. I got thinking about the reasons why I am such a sociable person. Is it innate or did I, at some point, make the choice to be...

  21. "How Being Dyslexic Helps Me To Explain"

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Stories Dann Casswell - Company Director: Creative Connection Animation Studio Topic of talk - "Writing Out-loud How being dyslexic helps me to explain." I’ve always been a communicator. Since school I’ve always loved explaining...

  22. Do you believe ADHD is “naughty boy syndrome”?

    Delighted to announce the next guest for Neurodiversity Stories Stories Becca Francis - Agile Coach Topic of talk - "My ADHD Journey" My ADHD journey and being diagnosed at 34 and how it’s impacted me and the challenges I have faced. There is still so much education and awareness we need to…

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  23. From Disguising To Thriving With Dyslexia

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Emma Downer MBA Topic of talk - "From disguising to thriving with dyslexia" I was 17 when I discovered I was dyslexic, but it wasn't until I was 28 and I met a dyslexia coach that I fully accepted being dyslexic as part of who…

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  24. "I found school humiliating, confusing, and frightening. And it was this that drove me to becoming a teacher"

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Martin Bloomfield Topic of talk - "Dyslexia: Teaching, Studying, and the Consolation of Philosophy" Like most people with dyslexia, I was the bottom of the class in most subjects at school. I found school humiliating…

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  25. My biggest goal was to enable students not to suffer from anxiety and putting themselves down

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Cassandra Rollett-May Topic of talk: I went from class teacher to SENDCo to running my own business of educational consultancy and tutoring . I decided to become a teacher early on to support students like myself and my biggest...

  26. Dyslexia and how the strengths that come from having dyslexia can be nurtured and supported

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Karen Cousins - Music and Dyslexia Educator, Coach and Author of Dyslexia and Success. Topic of talk: Dyslexia and how the strengths that come from having dyslexia can be nurtured and supported. I understand Dyslexia from every...

  27. Dyslexia and being a mechanic that become an engineer.

    Delighted to announce the next guest for Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Matthew Head - Senior Vehicle Design Engineer and Founder of Dyslexia Hacks. Topic of talk: Dyslexia and being a mechanic that become an engineer. Matthew is a life long dyslexic (He got statement at 6 years old). Fell out with...

  28. How playing to your strengths can give you a better window of opportunity.

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories David Anson - Senior Auditor Topic of talk: How playing to your strengths can give you a better window of opportunity and how that has worked for me. David will also touch topics such as resilience and grit but expect strengths…

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  29. We have the power to change how we see neurodivergent humans and how neurodivergent humans see themselves.

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Guest: Christine Ramsay, CDP (Certified Diversity Professional) Title: We have the power to change how we see neurodivergent humans and how neurodivergent humans see themselves. In this talk we guide neurodivergent humans to…

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  30. Diagnosed Dyslexic & ADHD and my reflections on why this is not talked about in the Asian community.

    Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Kim To Title: My journey as a British south East Asian women being diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD in early to late 20s and my reflections on why this is not talked about in the asian community Kim will be discussing her journey/ experience of being...

  31. Are We All Born Dyslexic?

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Guest: Olive Hickmott Topic of talk: Are we all born dyslexic? Olive had many Dyslexic and ADHD traits all her life. She will tell the story of how she changed her own experiences and taught 1000s of others through a network of...

  32. A parents experience of their son's ADHD 🎧

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Guest: Kieren Windsor Topic of talk: A parents experience of their son's ADHD We are always looking for personal stories of Neurodiversity from all angles and we are delighted to welcome Kieren to understand a parents…

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  33. Overcoming My Dyslexia By Realising It HAD To Happen

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Tricia Cook, MEd, RSP, AOG, Online Dyslexia Tutor, Author Title: Overcoming My Dyslexia By Realising It HAD To Happen Tricia will share her story : "I was held back once and almost twice. Diagnosed in second grade. I thought ‘I...

  34. "Women Entrepreneurs & Employers in the Workplace"

    Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌 Sally Coles-Robertson SRSH 📖 Title: "Women Entrepreneurs & Employers in the Workplace" My motto and mission are: “there is always a way to seek the common good”. I want to leave a legacy and urge women with this diversity, to...

  35. "Different And Highly Valuable - The Autism Spectrum"

    Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Beatrice Freeman Story Title : "Different And Highly Valuable - The Autism Spectrum" Beatrice's shares her own experience and own conclusions and advice how to work with us. The autism spectrum hasn't got a clearly defined picture; you could say the the...

  36. My life with Dyslexia

    Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Mark Stoddart Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland. Story Title : My life with Dyslexia Mark Stoddart is an Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland. For the past 30+ years he has been designing & selling, what you would call, functional art: Bronze Sculptures…

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  37. How Neurodiverse children have taught me so much.

    Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Liz ( Day ) Loly - How Neurodiverse children have taught me so much. As a trainee PE teacher, Liz became interested in dyspraxia and chose to do an assignment about what it is, the effects of it and how to help a child overcome some of the challenges. Then…

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  38. Why it’s important that all teachers have an understanding of Neurodiversity.

    Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Catrina Anne Lowri - Why it’s important that all teachers have an understanding of Neurodiversity. Catrina is dyslexic and a bipolar teacher who hid her diagnosis until very recently. Since she started to talk about it more it’s led her to a whole new...

  39. Thinking Differently an Autism and Dyspraxia Journey

    Thinking Differently an Autism and Dyspraxia Journey Jack Fitzpatrick is an incredible individual who is doing truly wonderful things in the Neurodiversity World. In this interview Jack explains how he has worked with an incredible Organisation and implemented systems that will help…

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  40. We need relatable hero's when we are Dyslexics.

    We need relatable hero's when we are Dyslexics. Some of us struggle to connect with the multi millionaire as it just seems too far away. I am interviewing more people like Darren Clark who was a trolley boy at his local supermarket and worked his way up the ranks. He escaped to start his own...

  41. Living With Ess Struggling with un diagnosed dyslexia

    Darren Clark struggled in school with undiagnosed dyslexia but is now an Ambassador of the British Dyslexia Association. Watch more NTV Kenya videos at ntv.co.ke and nation.co.ke.

  42. My journey of being in arts and how I embraced the culture I was in and worked to find my power within my dyslexia

    I'm absolutely delighted to share with you our next guest Robert Keates Robert will share his journey of being in arts and how he embraced the culture he was in and worked to find his power within his dyslexia which is now fuelling his future as a transformational coach specialising in dyslexia....

  43. Monthly Parenting Programme by Julie , with special guest Darren Clark

    its the monthly Parenting Programme by Julie This week The show will be looking at the subject of Dyslexia with special guest Darren Clark who was not diagnosed until his Thirties . We will hear of his experience and then look at tips and strategies for parents of dyslexic parents .

  44. How an accident reconnected me with my Dyslexia

    Im absolutely delighted to share with you our guest Suzy Taylor Suzy explains: I am one of the people who acquired dyslexia/dyspraxia. I can link this back to the illness I had as a child. I was diagnosed as a child as dyslexic. I did not know about the dyspraxia till later in life. I had an...

  45. Finding out I'm Autisic at the age of 50

    Im absolutely delighted to share with you our second guest Richard Semmens Richard will be sharing his own lived-experienced of Autism & ADHD (and late diagnosis in his 50's), He is now running a social enterprise which supports hundreds of families with Neurodiverse children. I can't wait to…

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  46. Dyscalculia and the steps Katherine takes managing this will inspire you

    Neurodiversity Stories 🎙 Episode 1 Im absolutely delighted to share with you our first guest Katherine Nicholls Katherine shared with us how she deals with Dyscalculia and the steps that she has taken managing this will inspire you. I can't wait for you to hear this story and would welcome…

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  47. Protesters , Armed Guards, Boarding The Wrong Plane And Travelling With My Dyslexia

    Have you ever got on the plane ✈️ and then asked to get off and then have armed guards point their guns at you 🤦🏻‍♂️ This is just some off the adventure that happened to me last year while traveling to Malawi 🇲🇼 to raise awareness for dyslexia Check out the podcast 🎧

  48. An Entrepreneurial Journey - Part 1

    We left off from episode one with Darren having left school with no qualifications, desperate for a job and to find some self worth. Finally he lands himself a 12 hour per week job with Sainsbury's pushing trolleys, after being somewhat flexible with the truth of his grades. Today we discover how...

  49. A schoolboy error!

    In this first episode Kelly Holbrook interviews Darren Clark who shares with us a frank account of being a child with un-diagnosed dyslexia. We explore the crime, violence and bullying alongside the stereotyping he faced growing up, and the detrimental effect this had on his mental health.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Do you have a story around NeurodiversityI would love for my connections to hear your story 🎙I’m putting together a series of interviews 🎯My aim is to Educate, Inspire and Motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙Over time we will be covering many aspects of Neurodiversty, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia , Hyperlexia,Autism & ADHD. Do you have a story that you would like to share I would love to interview you.Here are a few stories that I have already had the please of telling.

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Darren Clark Global Neurodiversity Consultant

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