#1 Summary

As much as we love and embrace our neurodivergent children, raising them is challenging and often leaves us feeling as though we are going round in circles. An honest look at parenting my own two sons and their adhd, one being 13 and non-speaking autistic, the other 21 and at home having dropped out of uni. Sharing the woes experienced with diagnosis; impulsivity in the brain; medication; executive function; disassociation, demand avoidance.

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#3 Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

1:25 personal family history on 3 x adhd diagnoses in my two sons and daughter.

2:16 Diagnosis and meds for a non-speaking autistic 8yr old

7:20 Separating the autism from the adhd

8:39 The 21 year old's story of adhd

10:54 The day to day woes

13:56 Executive function

17:06 Disassociation

18:31 Demand avoidance

21:04 we are both learning, I am learning to not expect a neurotypical journey and to work with who my child is and what he can actually do.

22:44 Extra time in exams whine!

#4 Main Points

• family history on adhd and diagnosing
• meds
• day to day woes as a parent
• executive function; disassociation; demand avoidance
• learning to do better as a parent
• wrap up with some positivity

#5 References n/a

#6 Calls to Action

pre-roll: thanks and share

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#8 Next Episode tbc