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Our Neurodivergent Life
by Our Neurodivergent Life
This podcast will cover a plethora of topics and has been created as a space to celebrate Neurodiversity. It is also a place where we can embrace our Neurodivergence, and unapologetically be ourselves. We are quite political and forthcoming with our opinions. You don’t have to agree with them, but they will be presented here, often quite passionately. Warning: Explicit language may be present in some recordings. Season 1 includes ‘off the cuff recordings’, rather than planned discussions, so they are a little more ‘raw’.
Episodes
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Catch Up
Catching up - with too many different topics to detail… 😂 (Recorded 25th May 2022)
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Easter Holidays
Sooo waffly… ;-) I meant to tell you about our Easter Holiday experience… but kind of went off on a tangent (as usual). For the first time, we managed to have some lovely experiences as a family, and I am so proud of our children, and ourselves, for everything we have put in to get to this point.…
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Looking for the Why!
This is a quick recording on the back of a discussion we had about looking deeper…and looking for the why…with regard to how people present at surface level. We also share a few updates and reflections. (If you want to read more about learning disabilities, I found this link helpful:...
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Just a little Update
This is just a little update on how things are going with the children, as well as a few reflections on parenting, school and PDA.
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Have I Got It Together?
If you have some time on your hands and fancy listening to me waffle about having it together…or not… then feel free to tune in!
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Turning Red
This is a very quick reflection on the Disney film, Turning Red. It’s pretty quick…for me… ;-) There may be more to follow… but then again, there may not… I would love to know your thoughts on the film. Have you watched it? Did you think it was appropriate for children? Did you enjoy it? What…
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Being a Late Diagnosed Autistic
This podcast covers some of my experiences as a late diagnosed autistic, exploring my feelings over how things might have been different had I known I was Neurodivergent.
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Medical Gaslighting
This episode discusses some of my experiences with doctors and medical professionals, explaining why I feel anxious about making and attending appointments. I feel it is important that doctors have autism (Neurodiversity) on their radar, and try to treat people with compassion…rather than…
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Why Aren’t All Children In School? (Flaws With The System)
Some people believe that when children aren’t at school, they are at home, doing nothing. And some feel parents are responsible. This does not take in to account the plethora of reasons why children do not attend school, and what a responsibility this places on parents. Somehow, as we went off on…
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Don’t Write Off Our Autistic Children
This discussion was triggered by a post from Joe James the Autistic Photographer, explaining how 2-5 is too young to deem an individual as non-verbal. We then went on to discuss how our autistic children develop differently, and are often underestimated. Many professionals ‘write off’ our…
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Feeling Triggered
I was feeling triggered after reading some reports about my eldest child. I will admit, this podcast might present as an incoherent rant, but essentially, I want to communicate how much my son has been let down…and how so many families have been let down. Our system is baffling and in great need…
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Expectations
This ‘episode’ covers my reflections on what people expect from you, and the impact this can have. In this context, it is in relation to juggling the raising of children, which in my case are children with SEND, and keeping the house together. This topic could be extended into other areas such as...
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Don’t Exclude Me Episode 1
This is a commentary, with sadly poor audio, about the BBC show Don’t Exclude Me. I have the show on in the background… it might be worth you bringing the show up on your screen so you can follow the events as I speak about them. (At one point I express a boy has £10 in his shoe… I meant bag… I...
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Functioning Labels
Here we discuss the terms low and high functioning. What started out as a balanced conversation about the terms, admittedly wound up becoming a conversation about the ‘high functioning’ experience. We didn’t intend for the conversation to take this direction, but we hope you can relate to some of...
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The Temple of Doom Boxes
This episode addresses the viral post we shared about Doom Boxes. It explores executive dysfunction, neurodiversity and co-existing conditions. During the podcast, I state that executive dysfunction can be ‘caused’ by autism, adhd etc… I couldn’t neatly edit this part out, so I wanted to clarify...
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Mainstream School vs Specialist Provision
This is a (kind of waffly) reflection on schools, acknowledging that not all are equal.
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Communication
This episode covers my communication difficulties, as well as how I am deemed to be ‘high functioning’, quite wrongfully in some situations. It briefly explores masking as well.
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Quick ABA Follow Up
This was just a quick recording to confirm my personal stance on ABA.
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Personal Budgets - SEND
Well, I was warned that having a personal budget approved is like winning the lottery. It seems that this is indeed the case for many families. This podcast is a rather emotive and raw discussion about our own journey with the EHCP and personal budget request, and explores our thoughts on the...
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Private Autism Diagnosis
This episode covers private diagnosis, the current systems and assessment processes, and why diagnosis is important to us. It also covers the difficulties, albeit very briefly, in diagnosing ‘PDA’.
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Something in Between - PDA
This podcast is not our typical recording. I share an experience of ‘something in between’ an escalation and a meltdown, and discuss a few linked topics and reflections related to this experience.
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Off the Cuff Reflections
This episode was a live recording which covered a few topics, with a main focus on studying and careers.
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Early Years and the EHCP
This episode discusses the journey so far with our eldest, which inevitably incorporates other linked discussions and the EHCP process. We will talk about the dreaded EHCP further in a future episode. This podcast was actually recorded before the ABA recording. It is mentioned briefly here, but…
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Discussing ABA
This episode discusses ABA, both old and new. We make links with similar approaches seen around us in everyday society, and explore whether ‘Modern ABA’ deserves to be associated with ABA in its original form. ABA was developed to ‘normalise’ autistic people. This was not done to help the…
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Being autistic in the workplace!
This episode explores my experience in the workplace as a Neurodivergent individual. We also discuss whether one should disclose their diagnosis to an employer. Listen now to find out what happened when I did.
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Homeschooling & Parenting PDA Children as a PDA parent.
This podcast discusses homeschooling, and parenting PDA children, as PDA parents. We do go off on a tangent...and I warn you that my first attempt at editing leaves a lot to be desired. I will improve, I promise! Ignore the jumps from one part to the next if you can. Hopefully you will relate to...
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Free School Meals & SEND
This episode discusses the free school meals that have recently been provided. We share our opinions on the meals, including their suitability for SEND children, specifically those with sensory sensitivities. Some profanities are present within this podcast. (This podcast initially ended with the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This podcast will cover a plethora of topics and has been created as a space to celebrate Neurodiversity. It is also a place where we can embrace our Neurodivergence, and unapologetically be ourselves. We are quite political and forthcoming with our opinions. You don’t have to agree with them, but they will be presented here, often quite passionately. Warning: Explicit language may be present in some recordings. Season 1 includes ‘off the cuff recordings’, rather than planned discussions, so they are a little more ‘raw’.
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