In this episode I disucss DLD with Professor Courteney Norbury internationally renowned expert in the field of language development. We discuss what DLD is, how it may present and lots more!

In this episode I chat with autistic trainer and blogger Scott Neilson. We chat about his journey as an autistic adult through diagnosis and into adulthood. 

Check his blog out here Autistically Scott – Promoting Autistic Acceptance 

In this episode I chat with Dawn Barclay author of traveling different. We discuss her up and coming book and tips for traveling different as a neurodivergent family.

Pre order Dawns book here https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Different-Strategies-Inflexible-Neurodiverse/dp/1538168669 

In todays episode I have a chat with Emily Kircher-Morris a mental health practitioner who also hosts the Neurodiversity Podcast. We have a chat about giftedness and twice exceptionality.

Emily also has a book called Teaching Twice Exceptional L earners In Todays Classroom available below-

Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today's Classroom (Free Spirit Professional(tm)) : Emily Kircher-Morris: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The paper I mentioned throughout is cited below.

 Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Horesh, D., Zohar, S., Kraus, M., & Golan, O. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An unexplored co-occurrence of conditions. Autism, 24(4), 884–898. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320912143

In this episode I talk about "othering" in MDT meetings and how as professionals we can do better to avoid this but also how parents can advocate for themselves and just ask for clarification. 

In this episode I had the privilege of chatting with Clare Truman the author of The Teachers Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance, Essential Strategies for The Classroom, owner of spectrum space and special ed teacher. We discuss her book, strategies for PDAers in the classroom and lots more about PDA. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teachers-Introduction-Pathological-Demand-Avoidance/dp/1787754871/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+teachers+introduction+to+pda+in+the+classroom&qid=1634982822&qsid=262-0781851-1335660&sr=8-1&sres=1787754871%2C157690119X%2C1890534013%2C1976523265%2C0199944350%2C0874870593%2CB00466H4MQ%2C1976522560%2C0253219175%2C197652055X%2C1976524393%2C043944411X%2C1438910908%2CB00466H5DO&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

https://spectrumspace.co.uk/ 

I had the pleasure of speaking with Abby Lloyd - teacher and mother of an autistic daughter. Abby has written a guidebook in collaboration with her daughter to give to schools to help support autistic girls in the classroom. In this episode we discuss her book and the details in it and how it will help schools support children in the classrooms. 

Abbys guidebook is available to buy on eBay and she runs a deal where if you buy the book with the intention of it going to a school she will send you another copy for free. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114882483618?epid=90839701&hash=item1abf8795a2:g:lEgAAOSwHfdfQ6VY 

In todays episode I have a chat with Caitlin McInnes, friend and classmate of mine. She was diagnosed ADHD as an adult. We chat about diagnosis in adulthood, growing up with ADHD and ADHD in girls. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5313351/