Neurodiversity Stories 🎙

Rowan Kinsella is a passionate advocate for Neurodiversity and an accomplished athlete in the GB Adaptive Judo Squad. Drawing from personal experience, he champions the crucial role of "Safe Spaces and Communities" for Neurodivergent individuals, especially in youth sports. Overcoming five years of bullying due to a speech impediment and learning differences, Rowan found solace and stren...

Join us for an inspiring talk with Ishwarya Kumar Ishwarya Kumar is a highly driven and accomplished professional with extensive experience in leadership and global talent development, as well as solid expertise in leading the development of learning solutions, design, and products for behavioural learning. Ishwarya writes this less as a mom of a 9 year old, minimally speaking child on the autism...

“The Astonishing Advantages of the Neurodivergent.” We welcome our next guest to Neurodiversity Stories 📖 Michelle Mills-Porter is a human behaviour expert, known affectionately as The People Reader. She is a multi-award-winning businesswoman, a highly regarded professional speaker, Board member to several charities and CIC’s and National President Elect of the Professional Speaking Association U...

How to let go of ND insecurity on your dating journey Join us for an inspiring talk with Jamie Johnston the founder of Mattr, the world's first dating app for the unique, with a strong emphasis on Neurodiversity. Jamie's early diagnosis of dyslexia and more recent diagnosis of Audhd have significantly shaped the app's design and the formation of its unique community. The app's empo...

The missing piece for teaching dyslexic readers and spellers. Join us for an inspiring talk with Louise Barnes Louise will be sharing her journey and what she learned about why people can’t read/spell (it’s a very individual and personal experience but the underlying issue is the same). It’s important to me that people realise dyslexic children and adults work so very hard and deal with so much be...

Delighted to welcome my guest to Neurodiversity Stories The topic of talk - Dyslexia is a feature, not a limitation. Guest : Mallu Moilanen Mallu Moilanen is a dyslexia liberator and dyslexia empowerment coach. She assists dyslexic adults in breaking free from limiting beliefs about their dyslexia. Her speciality is dyslexic stress management. Mallu has dyslexia and dyscalculia. She believes dysle...

Exploring the Impact of AuDHD on Mental Health Description: Welcome to a thought-provoking episode of Neurodiversity Stories featuring Charlie Hart, famously known as 'Ausome Charlie.' Join us for an insightful conversation that delves deep into the intricate relationship between AuDHD and mental health. This episode includes a Trigger Warning as we navigate through sensitive subjects such...

Transforming The World Of Technology For Neurodivergents. We're thrilled to introduce our next special guest, Georgina Shute Gina is an accomplished ADHD Coach and dynamic speaker dedicated to transforming the world of technology for Neurodivergents. With over 32 years of lived experience and a decade of expertise in technology and consulting, she has become a driving force in empowering indiv...

Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Topic of talk - Neurodiversity Empowerment In The BAME Community Guest : Tola Awe Topic of focus: Neurodiversity in BAME communities. A brief bio and the subject of Tola' s story I am a passionate advocate for acing Neurodiversity, and I am currently studying a doctorate on BAME adults with Neurodivergence. As a consultant, I empower...

Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Topic of talk - The need for GCSE reform and how the Education system is stacked up against those with SEN? Guest : Michelle Catterson Michelle Catterson has been the headteacher of Moon Hall School in Reigate, Surrey, for the last five years. Under her leadership the school numbers have grown to capacity, and the school has received a nu...

Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Guest : Catrina Lowri Topic of talk - Why I Spent 17 Years Masking My Neurodivergence Catrina founded Neuroteachers to help educational settings work with their autistic and neurodivergent learners to find simple solutions for inclusive practice. Catrina is neurodivergent herself, having the dual diagnosis of dyslexia and bipolar disorder...

Delighted to welcome my guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Hester Grainger - Late diagnosed ADHDer | Neurodiversity Workplace Consultant | Certified ADHD Coach | Speaker | Freelance Writer Topic of talk - "Hester Grainger's Road To Success: An Inspiring Story Of Hope And Determination" Having been diagnosed with ADHD at 43, former TV and BBC radio presenter, Hester Grainger is a cer...

Delighted to welcome my final guest for my Neurodiversity Stories  Daniel Brooke - Neurodiversity Specialist   Topic of talk - Topic - Creating A Neurodiverse Workforce !   I founded the company Neurodiversity Specialists to provide organisations with the knowledge and tools to benefit from having a neurodiverse workforce, and to understand the value of neurodiversity.  Come an...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories   Lucy Kemish   Topic of talk - Topic - Overcoming My Dyspraxia Challenges !   Lucy was Diagnosed with a subarchnoid cyst in 1999 and as a result diagnosed with dyspraxia. Physical challenges such as stairs (this was a big one growing up) and planning such as essay writing, this is still really difficult for her, One...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories   Vic Williams - NeuroCoach, Speaker & Author   Topic of talk - Topic - Understanding Dyslexia From A Neuroscience Perspective!   Our talk will be around understanding dyslexia from a neuroscience perspective. How it impacts business and personal development. Specifically talking about personal development, overc...

Absolutely delighted to be speaking on the Gloria de Piero’s show, on Times Radio In this discussion I shared my Dyslexia story and the personal battle being neurodiverse! A massive thank you to The British Dyslexia Association for setting this up and for Times Radio to give such an Incredible platform to help share our message. (All recordings are property of Times Radio) 

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories   Keisha Adair Swaby(BSc First Class Hon)   My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later in life!   Mother, Wife, Inspirational Speaker, Radio Diamond Presenter, Jamaica Parish Ambassador, Project Operations Manager for the Northwest, Founder of Empowering Dyslexics, crea...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories   Topic : Can the Neurotypical design products for the Neurodiverse ?   Stuart Marsden - Experienced project management professional and Chartered Engineer with a PhD in bio-engineering.   Designers and engineers don't always make solutions to their own needs, and have to develop skills to learn to understand what us...

Growing up in the 1990s, secondary school was a nightmare for him. The victim of bullies and an education system that branded him stupid and brutalised his sense of self-worth, one of the most astonishing things about Darren is that he isn’t bitter or angry. He just wants to make the world a better place for neurodiverse people – somewhere that values the neurological differences that give people...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Aaron Swan - Topic of talk - "Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in engineering and tech. I got thinking about the reasons why I am such a sociable person. Is it innate or did I, at some point, make the choice to be that way? I came to some conclusions and realised that my dyslexia had a huge hand in the way I have ‘t...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Stories   Dann Casswell - Company Director: Creative Connection Animation Studio   Topic of talk - "Writing Out-loud How being dyslexic helps me to explain."   I’ve always been a communicator. Since school I’ve always loved explaining complicated things in a way that people can understand, often with relatable metaph...

Delighted to announce the next guest for Neurodiversity Stories Stories     Becca Francis - Agile Coach   Topic of talk - "My ADHD Journey"   My ADHD journey and being diagnosed at 34 and how it’s impacted me and the challenges I have faced. There is still so much education and awareness we need to provide and dispel the myths and stereotypes that exist regrading ADHD. I f...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌   Emma Downer MBA   Topic of talk - "From disguising to thriving with dyslexia"   I was 17 when I discovered I was dyslexic, but it wasn't until I was 28 and I met a dyslexia coach that I fully accepted being dyslexic as part of who I am. Being educated on dyslexia opened up an entirely different and better way of...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌   Martin Bloomfield   Topic of talk - "Dyslexia: Teaching, Studying, and the Consolation of Philosophy"   Like most people with dyslexia, I was the bottom of the class in most subjects at school. I found school humiliating, confusing, and frightening. And it was this that drove me to becoming a teacher - for two r...

Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌   Cassandra Rollett-May    Topic of talk:    I went from class teacher to SENDCo to running my own business of educational consultancy and tutoring . I decided to become a teacher early on to support students like myself and my biggest goal was to enable students not to suffer from anxiety and putting th...