Today’s episode is based on a listener question: Jenna wrote, “How do you go about finding a therapist as a neurodivergent person? Are there specific things to look for, or avoid?” Thanks for listening, Jenna! I think this is a great question, and one I’m happy to take a whack at.I’m going to start off by talking about some general basics about how to find a therapist who’s a good fit, and then I’m going to move into talking about finding someone to help specifically neurodivergent folks like us!See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/how-do-i-find-a-therapist-neurodivergent/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m honored to be joined on this week’s episode by Reverend Catharine Clarenbach. In this interview, we’re talking about creating safe spiritual and religious spaces for autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent folks; our favorite house cleaning hacks for folks with executive dysfunction like us; and, how to keep a fruitful, fulfilling relationship with a partner who is a different neurotype than you.See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/creating-safe-spiritual-spaces-for-neurodivergent-folks-with-rev-catharine-clarenbach/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is very common among autistic and ADHD people. In this episode, In this episode, I’m discussing what face blindness is, how to recognize it, and how it’s affected my own life.- See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/face-blindness-autism/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever heard of sensory processing disorder? Sensory overwhelm? Sensory integration disorder? Sensory overload? Today, I want to discuss what all this stuff if, and give you some go-to tips that I use in my everyday life to avoid sensory overwhelm.See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/3-tips-to-avoid-sensory-overwhelm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Erin was originally a communications expert and a graduate student in English until she was diagnosed with autism at age 30. Since then, she’s dedicated her career to researching and supporting individuals on the autism spectrum across all contexts and across the lifespan.In this interview, we’re talking about what exactly goes into getting a Master’s in Developmental Disabilities, Erin’s journey from doing something completely different through getting an autism spectrum diagnosis and devoting all her energy to getting this Wellness Center open, and how much the online autism community has meant to us both. I really enjoyed our conversation and hope you will, too!See Show Notes for this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perseverative behavior is simply a repetitive behavior, an action that a person keeps repeating without meaning to. Some examples include saying the same words, moving in the same pattern, or even thinking the same unhelpful thought, long after whatever initially prompted the activity has passed. But what is driving this behavior, and why is it some common in autistic folks? That's what we're discussing today!See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/define-perseveration-in-autism/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of neurodiverse women struggle everyday to get support from their healthcare and mental health professionals that actually improves their lives. So many of us are not getting our health needs met, and are falling into more anxiety and depression because of it. What could society do better to help us?Today, I am honored to present interviews with Lauren Melissa @autienelle, Dominica @the_ADHD_dynosaur, and Meg @arfidawareness to discuss their experiences getting help from medical and mental health systems for themselves and their families, what worked and what was a disaster, and what could be done to help neurodiverse people.See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/take-better-care-neurodiverse-women/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Changing schedules can be really difficult for people with executive function troubles. I’m an autistic, and I definitely have trouble if someone changes the schedule on me with no notice. I have an expectation about my day, and have planned around exactly what I expect. When something changes, I don’t feel like I have time to think through the new potentialities.Schedule changes can create a lot of anxiety, even a sense of panic that can lead to a meltdown (which, of course, can throw the schedule off even more, creating a stress spiral of doooooooom).Wouldn’t it be nice if you could learn how to make a family schedule that worked for everyone in your household, with no stress and no panic?Yes, that would be lovely, I hear you say! So today, I’d like to go through the best way I’ve found for making a household schedule that is inclusive of everybody in your house and their needs, whether you’ve got kids, or you’re living with a partner, family, or roommates.See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/how-to-make-a-family-schedule/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an earlier episode, I told my own story of being diagnosed autistic as an adult in my 30s, after my young son was diagnosed. I received many questions about how I didn’t know I was an autistic girl when I was younger, and why no one at home or school realized.Being diagnosed as an adult is actually really common, and many people are diagnosed much later than I was. It can be hard to see autism sometimes, especially with autistic girls, and even more so in the 1990s when I was at school.Today, I'm talking about why I think my autism was overlooked for so long, and what families and schools can look for now to make sure no autistic girls are going without support.See Show Notes for this episode here: https://neurodiverging.com/being-an-autistic-girl-in-the-1990s/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices