Sharing My Disability Story from Disability Connect

We speak to El Rose about Autism. She shares her journey from diagnosis to university and employment and also explores the perception of autism.

In this episode we talk to Maxwell Mcknight. Maxwell shares his experience of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) a genetic and progressive muscle weakness condition. Maxwell shares his experiences of the condition and talks about finding care, going to university, seeking a placement year and the new medical available to some people with SMA.

Disability is unique to everyone and we share our own personal experiences but don't speak on behalf of the whole disability community.

In this podcast episode we talk to Tracy Smith. Tracy is the founder of Inclusive Approaches that provides disability mentoring, consultancy and training. Tracy has been a reverse mentor for several years as part of the Disability Connect Mentoring Scheme and has autism.

In this episode Tracy shares her experiences with work and reasonable adjustments. She shares her unique and insightful journey of being diagnosed with autism and "coming out" to her friends, family and colleagues following diagnosis.

Disability is unique to everyone and Tracy shares her personal experiences but doesn't speak on behalf of the whole disability community and everyone experiences disability differently.

I hope you enjoy the episode and let us know what you think!

Harry Waterman previously worked for Direct Entry Solutions as a Customer Service Administrator and for the last five years has worked for Deutsche Post in a number of customer facing roles and is currently a Customer Solutions Manager. Harry has a formal diagnosis of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) which is a neurodiverse condition that affects people's behaviour.

In this episode Harry shares his unique and insightful experiences with ADHD from diagnosis to current day. He shares how ADHD impacts his