NeuroCog Podcast

In Episode 3 of The NeuroCog Podcast, Dr. Myah Gittelson, Dr. Jay Tarnow, and Neil Hughes continue a deeply human conversation about autism, trauma, assessment, and the limits of traditional diagnosis. This episode centers on Neil's lifelong assessment journey, beginning with records from 1979 and continuing through decades of changing psychiatric language, misdiagnosis, trauma-focused interpretat...

In Episode 2 of the NeuroCog Podcast, we take a deeper look at what assessments are for — and what happens when access, bias, and systems get in the way. Who decides which assessment you receive? What happens when cost, location, or institutional agendas shape the outcome? And how do we navigate a system where the person being evaluated is often the one with the least voice? This conversation expl...

In this first episode of the NeuroCog Podcast, we explore how to prepare children — and parents — for an autism evaluation without fear, pressure, or rigid medical framing. What should you say before an assessment? What should you avoid? How do you reduce anxiety while still preparing thoughtfully? We discuss why over-prepping can backfire, how observation and context matter as much as test result...