Awesome conversation with Eugenia Brady of the ACL as we talk about Neurodiversity, her work through Caminandos Juntos, her son Benjamin, and so much more!
Below is a "Tab" or "Cheat Sheet" if you'd like to skip around to relevant points if you are pressed for time :
Minute 1 - 7 : Introduction / Greeting each other , some background of Sky'z & Eugenia.
Minute 8 - 24 : Eugenia and I start a conversation about Transitions and the challenges transitioning from High School to the "Rea World" for our population .
Minute 15:28 - Eugenia drops about Benjamin's Astronomy interest! And we really jump into "STRENGTHS BASED LANGUAGE"
Minute 21 : Very interesting though... are people with disabilities a punishment from God ?
Minute 28/29 : Summary of Eugenia’s story , and a beautiful moment where we see how Eugenia can weave her personal life with her professional life, because she has lived a life of value and can offer her life's experiences to make meaningful impacts in the lives of others .
Minute 31 : We Theme of Neurodiversity re-vistited .
Minute 34 : Very interesting anecdotes of Whoopi Goldberg's Dyslexia . Robin Williams' & Jim Carey's Depression .
The last five minutes we re articulate what Neurodiversity really is, and how the language and the paradigm shift needed to change so the perspective of people with Developmental or Intellectual disabilities, ie differences can be seen and understood.
