Hosted by founder of Waking Up To Autism, Claire Krost. Join Claire as she talks about a variety of topics with regards to Neurodivergence - whilst sharing personal experience and stories from being a mother to two autistic children.
Join us as we chat to Antony - recently diagnosed as Autistic, Antony shares his incredible story from childhood to training as an associate Nurse within the NHS and the challenges that he has faced and his passion to use his experience to create impactful changes. This episode is raw, enlightening and inspiring.
We are thrilled to welcome the wonderful Anna to this episode and hear her incredible story. Diagnosed as an adult Anna had a challenging time throughout school where her confidence and self-esteem was greatly effected. She is now a teacher herself in further education and a mother to two children. Anna shares with us the ups and downs she has experienced. A truly inspiring story.
In this episode we welcome the lovely Jess (aka as theonlygirlinthehouse on insta!) to talk all about parenting a Neurodivergent teenage boy! Jess' eldest son Hugo was diagnosed just a year ago and Jess shares the journey that they have been on/are still navigating! An incredibly relatable story which brings honesty and hope.
Join Claire as she speak to Mental Health Advocate Joe Plumb about his incredible and inspiring journey. Diagnosed as Autistic at the age of 6 Joe was subjected to horrific bullying which saw him being admitted to a psychiatric unit for 3 years due to suicide attempts. But this did not stop Joe from launching the "Speak Up, Speak Out" campaign at the age of just 13years old - a campaign which went global. Joe is inspiring and this is not a podcast to miss!
