The Neurodiverging Podcast

Let's talk to Patty Laushman, neurodivergent coach, about the critical topic of 'failure to launch' in autistic youth.

Show notes and more: https://www.neurodiverging.com/autistic-failure-to-launch/

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Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/neurodivergent-in-the-natural-world-with-diana-renn/

Diana Renn's new middle grade book, The Owl Prowl Mystery, centers adolescence as an ADHDer, and how neurodivergence intersects with the natural world around us.

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Today Danielle is laying out how to become an advocate and how to decide what kind of advocacy you want to practice. This is a vital piece of being a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world, so let's dive in.

Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/how-to-become-an-advocate/

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Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/understanding-autistic-communication-with-jaime-a-heidel/

As a late-diagnosed autistic/ADHD person, this question was the theme of Jaime A. Heidel's childhood, teens, and young adult life. She created a guide to help the future generation of autistic people avoid unnecessary trauma from chronic miscommunication, while helping neurotypical people get their emotional needs met, as well.

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Sandi Lerman  is a certified transformational coach, mindfulness teacher, and somatic practitioner. She's also the parent of a young adult with significant complex developmental trauma. Today's she sharing some of what's she's learned through her decades of supporting her child's growth.

Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/parenting-complex-developmental-trauma-with-sandi-lerman/

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Neurodiverging Coaching is an online, sliding scale coaching practice owned by autistic neurodiversity coach Danielle Sullivan. Learn more at Neurodiverging.com, or join us on Patreon for even more goodies! http://patreon.com/neurodiverging

Our organization’s larger mission is to help neurodivergent folks find the resources we need to live better lives as individuals, and to further disability awareness and social justice efforts to improve all of our lives as part of the larger world community. We support strength-based, evidence-based assessment and skill-building, social and disability justice paradigms, and a commitment to taking care of one another.

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Danielle discusses what ableism is, gives an example of ableism that they experienced recently, and discusses opportunities to reduce our own internalized ableism. Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/one-way-to-be-less-ableist/________________________

Neurodiverging Coaching is an online, sliding scale coaching practice owned by autistic neurodiversity coach Danielle Sullivan. Learn more at Neurodiverging.com, or join us on Patreon for even more goodies! http://patreon.com/neurodiverging

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Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/the-experience-of-hyperphantasia/

As an autistic mother with neurodivergent children, our guest Rebecca Vitsmun was inspired by her personal experiences to provide an accessible story that inspires creative imagination in readers of all ages and backgrounds. Her book, Eliza Dee’s Universes, highlights Eliza Dee’s colorful adventures as hyperphantasia leads her to explore memories that springboard creative fantasies.

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Neurodiverging Coaching is an online, sliding scale coaching practice owned by autistic neurodiversity coach Danielle Sullivan. Learn more at Neurodiverging.com, or join us on Patreon for even more goodies! http://patreon.com/neurodiverging

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Is neurospicy just a cute, quirky word to describe someone with neurodivergent traits? Or is yet it another example of ableism sneaking into our common parlance? That's what we're talking about today.

Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/im-not-neurospicy/

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Whether you're considering medication for yourself as a neurodivergent adult, or for a child, it can be a difficult and complex decision. Today, Danielle's talking about their personal history with medication as an autistic ADHDer, what considerations went into their decisions, and how they confronted medication stigma.

Show notes: https://www.neurodiverging.com/the-medication-question/

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Learn more about the conference at https://autisticwomenemerging.org/

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Show notes and transcript: https://www.neurodiverging.com/autistic-women-emerging-with-nigel-rising/

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