Crohn's and Autism Awareness Advocate

Today's guest description is down below... Florry Weinstein, CPT, GFI, G.E.A.R is an entrepreneur that believes in community over everything. Weinstein's background includes but is not limited to: health sciences, ministerial therapy, personal training, and working with under-resourced youth communities in Tennessee.  A US NAVY veteran, Weinstein sought to find community once leaving the mili...

Such a great conversation today, below is a description of our guest...  Lacrecia Dangerfield, EdD, LPC-MHSP is the Founder & CEO of L V Dangerfield LLC, a personal and professional development company dedicated to educating, inspiring and empowering faith driven women to create transformative lives and businesses. She is committed to helping mental health clinicians and transformational...

Today. i am joined with my host, Angela Jackson the face of the Jackson impact. We talk about a brand new series for Mental Health month it's called Mental health Awakening. We talk about our own Mental Health Journey's along with both having Crohn's disease. Last year Angela was on the podcast as a guest, and now is back as a host in this great series, where we will be joined with some create peo...

Today, I am joined with Jack who has Crohn's and Autism which is really rare to find, Jack is actually the first person I have found in the UK that has both like me. A great episode talks about his Crohn's Disease where he was diagnosed in December 2011 which Jack said it was not a nice Christmas present, , and talks about the stages of getting diagnosed by having a colonoscopy we talk about picol...

Today, I am joined with fellow podcaster Adam and we talk about a really important topic "How mental health affects podcasters" Adam has his own podcast called "Rewarding conversations" I was on his podcast last year we had a great conversation it was good to have him on my show. We speak about the positives and negatives of being a podcaster a wide range of different topics, we speak also why we...

Today is the last episode of the autism series and i think we will be doing this again next year it was so much fun, with great people! I am joined in this finale with 10 people was involved in this awesome series. Not everyone came back for the reunion episodes but the panel is truly great! Thank you too... Ellie K  Emmy  Will  Evangelyn  Sarah  Morgan  Laura  F...

This is the first episode of the day The reunion of Autism awareness month 2022!! We bring back some great faces from the series! They are...  Jen Jack Shaun  Michael  Lee Omer And Kitty  A great line up of people who re introduce themselves and we talk autism and hobbies and much more, thank you all for coming back. With these reunions not everyone will be coming but the line...

Today I am joined with Melissa who is the founder of the Neurovascular Foundation. We talk about how Autism isn't a disease. We do talk about autism and crohn's disease which as you all know I have. Melissa explains to us about the Neurovascular Foundation. I share my story to Melissa in today's episode with Autism and crohn's and my diagnosis's. Melissa mentions about food with Crohn's disease on...

Today I am joined with Dan where we have a great talk about how The Aspie World started and we also talk about what autism means to us plus what the word confidence means! Dan's description is down below...  Daniel M. Jones is an international best-selling author / video influencer with an award-winning YouTube channel called The Aspie World. The Aspie World is the biggest YouTube channel ded...

Today I am joined with James who was diagnosed with Autism when he was the age of 8 and it now 20 years old. James also has ADHD. Me and James connected via one of his Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Videos as we are both playing the game at the moment, we express our views on it. James talks about school life, it was good talk about the teachers not really understanding what Autism is. He was diagno...

In today's episode I am joined with Lee, we go all the way down to Ipswich town football club. Lee talks about what his role is and working with different people who have autism in his coaching and people with special needs too. We talks about sensory rooms which Lee and his team are going to make it something available to the people who need it. I think it was a great idea, still being in a pande...

Today we are joined with Evangelyn, we talk autism the nostalgia, and we talk hobbies too. Evangelyn talks us through her high school experience. It's a great episode we both like Doctor Who too. It was of pleasure to have you on after reaching out, you can't beat a conversation about not only autism but doctor who and shows from our childhood! We express how much hobbies have an impact on us, in...

Today i am joined with Grant where we talk football and autism together. About 2 years ago i was coaching with Grant but i couldn't come and help coach due to the pandemic and health reasons. We speak about how referee's should be treated in the game and that some organisations need to be more inclusive. We speak about a cup final game when coached which was only allowed 2 coaches when we had 3. G...

Today, I am joined with Jason who was diagnosed with Autism when he was 47 years old. He talks about his diagnosis, the tests the whole process. Jason shares how he was feeling when he was diagnosed. We talk about if we think it's right for people to portray a autistic person in the acting industry, we say the actor really dose have to be serious about the role and get it 100% on que. Jason opens...

In today's episode I am joined with Ross who is autistic. We have a discussion about the high's and lows of being Autistic and talk about a show that changed our lives. Doctor Who plays a big part of being autistic. When we was younger we didn't realise it but now we are older we have discovered maybe that's why we talk about the show lots and why we may talk about it more than other things. A gre...

In today's episode i am joined with Lily she was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3 years old. She explains why she advocates for autism, only really started an account in 2020 the start of the global pandemic. Lily shares her journey so far, we talk school's our experiences and getting bullied, we express our feelings what needs to change. Lily says she doesn't like loud noise and crowds. Lily...

Today we are joined with Sarah, who was diagnosed as an adult as an autistic person in 2019. We talks about so many topics around autism, we speak strongly about not agreeing about the labels "High Functioning" Low Functioning" we feel it undermines what it means to be autistic. Sarah says, the diagnosis helped with her recovery and mental health, she did work at a primary school at felt it was to...

In today's episode I am joined with Shane who is an autism advocate, he was diagnosed in 2019 as an adult, he explains the process. He talks to us about his work placement he has been doing on and off helping out at a special needs school. We talk about change and what the system of autism is like in Hull City Rugby and football. Shane talks about a video he did too to get noticed about his work p...

In today's episode I am joined with Jen, she is from a Neurodivergent family and has traits of autism. She a licensed psychotherapist, her talent is working with people who have autism, and Jen helps people get a diagnosis and advises parents to tell the children early on that they are autistic, i agree with this statement. Jen talks to us about her school life, then becoming a consultant for 20 y...

In today's episode I am joined with Bella who is a music teacher, she has been for about 3 years she teaches autistic children. Before setting up her own business she was a school teacher for over 20 years. We have an awesome conversation about stimulations and what Bella does with working with autistic children virtually and in person. Bella says music helps lots of children concentrate, in her s...

Today' I am joined with Shaun, who is Rosie's dad your will also be able to find Rosie's episode as it's a double episode today. Shaun talks about autism from a parents point of view and how much The Multi - schools council has helped. Shaun talks about since Rosie's been diagnosed with autism 4 years ago he has wanted to learn more and more about it. Shaun says it hasn't been easy but he has foun...

In today's episode I am joined with fellow Multi Schools Council Ambassador Rosie, she was announced as an Ambassador shortly after a confidence programme she did called "The reach out speak out programme" myself and an another ambassador created the programme to help young people gain confidence. Personally when i was younger i wasn't confident so the programme helped me as well as the young peop...

In today's episode I am joined with Ellie who is autistic and was diagnosed when she was 9 years old. She talks about the rarity of autism in girls and it more talked about in boys. Ellie, talks about her school life experience. Ellie talks about autism all the time especially on Tiktok where she has met some great people  and raises awareness about autism, she has helped so many people, even...

In today's episode I am joined with Will who is autistic and was diagnosed with Autism in 2008. We speak about a range of topics which i have made a list down below... Being yourself  Interests   Doctor Who  Trains/ railway  and biking We of course speak about being autistic, we talk about back when we was diagnosed with autism that is mostly people our age getting a diagnosis...

Today, we go to the Netherlands with the marvellous Laura who has autism. She was diagnosed 8 years ago as an adult. We have a great conversation about being autistic, she talks about her son, which is the main reason she got diagnosed because it was her son who was getting tested. So it was a really shocking overwhelming experience for her. We talk about accepting Autism and that it can take time...