The Neurodivergent Connection / The Curious Storyteller

In my next episode, I talk with Amy O'keeffe who is from Ireland and going for her Archaeology PhD from Trinity College. We talk about what it was like for her to be diagnosed late in life as recent as this February with not only ASD and ADHD but also Fibromyalgia.  We talk about how she deals with her ADHD during her studies, and what challenges she has faced knowing what she has.  She talks abou...

Hello, Do you have ADHD and or knows someone who does, and do you live you Israel. Well my next guest is a ADHD specialist and helps those who have ADHD.  My next guest is Avigail Gimpel is a mother of six all of which have ADHD of some degree, not only that she also works with kids who have ADHD and even ASD as well.  She has also written a book called HyperHealing: The Empowered Parent’s Complet...

Do you know someone who has troubles with social skills and  cant find the right book and person to help them well my next guest Kirt Manecke has written a book called Smile and Succeed for teens.  A book that teachs social skills and made it simple to read. We talk about his book,  We talk about the social skills he teaches and why his book is popular with those with ASD, we talked about the chal...

Are you someone who lives in Canada who has a child who is on the spectrum and looking for help. Well my next guest is  Priya Tronsgard who lives in Canada, and is mom of two children of two on the spectrum. She has also foudned a tutoring agency called Edify Learnign Spaces. They are Canada’s leading tutoring agency for neurodivergant kids she is also a author of a book called Radically Reframing...

In this episode, I talk with Lauren Bacon Smith who is the Chief People Officer of Enabled Intelligence. Enabled Intelligence is a new start-up company in DC that has a integrated work force and a different way interview their prospectus employees.  They have the standard application, but they look beyond the resume or your background. What they are more interested in, is you knowledge and backgro...

In this episode I talk with child psychologist Dr. Shoshana Levin Fox about how she diagnoses and treats children with ASD differently than do most practitioners. We discuss the methods she uses to assess children, such as DIRFloortime, and some unique terms, such as Islets of Normalcy, derived from her work of 25 years at the Feuerstein Institute in Jerusalem. In her view, many children today are...

In this Halloween Edition of the show I talk with my good friend Jose known my JD every where on social media who is also Autistic .We talk about his issues with Autism everything from losing his job to losing his college scholarship. We talk about the ups and downs of Autism and what parents can do if thier child has Autism. This is also a short episode but very informitive. Sit back, Relax and G...

In this episode of Stories, I have a chat with new ASD Life Coach Pol Klein. I talk to about how he got into coaching. I ask him questions like where does he see the world in 5 years from now to what his favorite subject was in school.  Also in this episode at the very end I try something new, I do a word association with him and see what words pop into his head.  Pol is a very interesting man wit...

In this this Episode I talk with Tim Goldstein .  Tim is not your ordinary person, Tim was diagnosed with ASD late in life which has helped answer a lot of questions.  Tim has even gone to vocal coach to help him lower his voice. In this episode Tim also talks about why the term Neurodivergent is almost a negative word when we could be using something that sounds better like Neurodistinct. Tim has...

In this episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio. I talk with Ryan Litchfield.  He is a PCM Admistrative Assistant and also someone who likes to help those who have ASD as well. In this epiosde Ryan talks about what it was like being diagnosed with ASD and where he sees his life headed and what he would like to do with is life. This turned out to be a very interesting episode. Hosted on Ausha. See a...

In this episode, I talk with Melissa Schiefelbein who is a board certified Behavior Analyst.  We talk about why she deiced to become a behavior analyst working with ABA.  She talks about how she quit her job to help her son, who is on the spectrum and started out as non-verbal and now he is talking and doing great in school. We talk about why people are so fearful of ABA and what can be done to ta...

In this episode of Inside the Asperers Studio, I talk with Raquel we learn that Switzerland is very segregrated and we talk about her life dealing with Autism and why she moved to Switzerland and dealing with segregartion when it comes to school and son.  She talk about the first time she heard what ableism is how the school system is not letting her home school her son. She talks about moving bac...

Welcome to a new episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio. In this episode I talk with Beth Felsen, who is a ASD Transition Coach who helps those with ASD transition to Adulthood or even finding work to transitioning to college. In the beginning we talk about her and how get into coaching and says it was her daughter, because he daughter is on the spectrum.  Than we get into her work and the differn...

Hello and welcome Podcast Edition of Stories. In this edition of Stories I talk with Jeard Easly Co-Creator of Podcast Movement and Podcast Movement Evolution. In this special episode we find all about Jeard Easly about his podcast, why he he and his partner started Podcast Movement. We find out about what his first speaker was for the very first Podcast Movement, and what great speakers they have...

Hello and welcome to a very special  Labor Day edition of Inside the Aspegers Studio. In this Labor Day Edition I have the pleasure of talking to one of the prominent figures in the autism community Dr. Temple Grandin. In this episode I talk to her about her personal life, everything from how she got into Animal Behavior to when she was diagnosed with ASD.  I ask her how get got into teaching and...

Welcome to season 4! In this episode, I have a new co-host, Patty Laushman of Thrive Autism Coaching. Together we interview Jackie Coursey, an autism life coach with Sacred Space Coaching, about the struggles she sees young adults experiencing, particularly with going away to college.   We explore how Jackie got into the coaching profession and how she continuously trains and upgrades her skills....

In this episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio I talk with Angela Myer author of The Undetected Narcissist and podcast by the same name. This is a very deep episode because we talk about her son and what she had to do to get him all the support she needed for him no thanks to her ex.  She talks about all things that she had to finally convice thearpist and judges and you name it, that were suppose...

Hello and Welcome to the 12 episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio. In this Episode I talk to Dr. Kristen Eccleston on Neurodiversity and Education. In this very important episode we learn where the school systems have dropped the ball and how we can fix this in years to come.  We talk about how mixed learning can be either be good or bad for those of us who are neurodiverse and we talk about how...

Hello, In this episode of Stories. I am joined back again wtih Patty, but this time I am in the hot seat. She will ask me the questions that I have asked all of you.  In this episode you get to know a more personal side of me from things like: why August 10th is such a emotional day for, to what inspires me to why drives me to do what I do. I really opened up in this episode and share with all you...

Hey everyone, in this episode of Inside the Asperger Studio: Stories. I talk with Patty .   This is a very interesting episode of stories because we learn about Patty Laushman and her struggle she had with getting her son diagnosed with ASD and we find out that she may have ADHD as well.  We talk a bit about how she tried all methods to help her son thrive in the world and how she finally went wit...

In this Episode, I talk with Rob Krecak of Humans first. Rob is what you a very successful guy with has started up many different business from Health clubs to Ufixit to know his Humans first. We discuss how he manages his ADHD while running his business in regular life. We talk about those who have ADHD have “Ferrari Engine with Bicycle Breaks” Dr. Ned Hallowell Where need to learn how to apply t...

Hello and welcome back to an other episode of Stories. Have you played a video game and fallen in love with the story of the game or wanted to make you own video game, but you had ADHD and thought it would be too hard. Well my next guest did just that. Cris Robson is a Indie game developer who has ADHD and is in the midst of developing his own game despite his ADHD. We talk the challenges you has...

Hello and welcome back to another edition of Inside the Aspergers Studio. Do you know what ADHD is, ADHD stands for (Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder) Do you have ADHD or know someone who has ADHD and is feeling the negative stigma of it. Well my guest Jill and her Husband Adam and her 2 kids have made it a mission to show that there is a positive side to ADHD that people pass-over. Jill and her h...

Hello, In this episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio I talk with, Andrew founder of Driving with Autism.  In this episode we talk about when he was diagnosed, how the idea for driving with Autism came about, what challenges did he face with drving and how he helps with driver awareness for those with Autism. We talk about what services he offers, and we get to know him a little bit deeper than mo...

Welcome to another episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio. Today I am talking with Danielle Sullivan, an Autism mom and having Autism herself. In todays show we talk about about Autism in Media and the way the media has portrayed those of us who are Autistic. We talk about about TV and movies. We talk about how we think the movie Rainman has only showed one side of the spectrum and how it has tain...