In this episode, host Mark Allen speaks to Liam Mullone, who has twin 12-year old boys - one diagnosed autistic with suspected ADHD and the other suspected autistic/ADHD. They discuss the pros and cons of raising neurodivergent kids with intense special interests, from Pokemon, Greek Mythology and Football, to Thomas the Tank Engine, Rollercoasters and Murder Drones. 

In this episode, host Mark Allen speaks to Dr Hildi Mitchell, who has an autistic daughter, aged 19, and another daughter, 22, who is also suspected autistic, with agoraphobia. The topic of this show is “Holidays”. Mark reports back from his holiday in Greece and Dr Mitchell discusses their annual holiday routine, as well as exploring the unique set of challenges posed by going on holiday with a neurodivergent family. 

Host Mark Allen talks to anonymous guest, “Belle”, who has two neurodivergent kids - an 8-year old autistic girl with sensory processing disorder and PDA, and a 6-year old suspected-autistic boy with Tourette Syndrome. In this episode, they discuss the thorny issue of “Birthday Parties”, as well as looking at more neurodiversity champions and a tiny win.

The very first episode of Neuroshambles sees host Mark Allen talking to Jo Matthews - a fellow parent with a neurodivergent setup (a 16-year old autistic daughter, with sensory processing disorder, and a 20 year old autistic son with ADHD). In this show, they discuss the joys and frustrations of camping with neurodifferent kids, as well as looking a some neurodiversity champions, tiny wins and a selection of moments that make you say "what the flip?".

LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE:

Science museum autism-friendly events: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/early-birds

Aspies for freedom: http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/

mASCot website: https://www.asc-mascot.com/

mASCot Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/221337174595596/

To make a donation to mASCot, so they can continue their amazing work: www.givey.com/mascot

CONTACT US

If you have any feedback about the show, ideas for topics or suggestions for neurodiversity champions you'd like us to give a shout out to, you can email: [email protected]

FOLLOW US

Instagram: www.instagram.com/neuroshambles/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Neuroshambles

Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Neuroshambles/

Threads: www.threads.net/@neuroshambles

CREDITS

The Neuroshambles theme tune was created by Skilsel on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-energetic-hip-hop-8303/

A trailer previewing Neuroshambles - a fortnightly podcast about the ludicrous realities of parenting neurodivergent kids. If you want to hear a bunch of frazzled parents gleefully swapping tales from the trenches of parenting neurodiverse children and having a laugh at some of the nonsense we have to navigate, this is the podcast for you.

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Contact us

If you have any feedback about the show, ideas for topics or suggestions for neurodiversity champions you'd like us to give a shout out to, you can email: [email protected]

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Follow us

Instagram: www.instagram.com/neuroshambles/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/neuroshambles

Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/neuroshambles/

Threads: www.threads.net/@neuroshambles

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Credits

The Neuroshambles theme tune was created by Skilsel on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-energetic-hip-hop-8303/