Episode 6 is with me your host Angie. I want to thank you for being here. This is from a very personal lens, experience and is in no way meant to be for sympathy or inspirational. I am one out of many that have had back to back hardships and like many, I have come to see it as a whole. I am learning new things in this work and its been in forms of learning how to edit audio or photography. All of it is a part of my growth. Even during this episode I was battling sharing this 9 minute snippet of my life and how far I've come with my doubts and fears on my identity.    QUESTIONS:   ..read more

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/discoverspectrum Disclaimer: This episodes content contains experiences surrounding abuse and medication. My next guest on that Denielle and I have been wanting to record this episode that dives a bit deeper into the experiences of neurodivergent parents. I would agree with the no, healing isn't linear.  Talking with Denielle about her lived experiences(where I read more about on "Love what matters")has shown me that being a neurodivergent parent, isn't just about our differences and struggles. I am looking forward to communicating about some of my ..read more

The functioning labels of low and high are rattling in conversation throughout the Neurodiverse community. If there are any doubts that these labels are harmful, let me introduce you to Mrinal. Mrinal is a South Asian American women who was overlooked for the diagnosis of Autism & Adhd due to her parents having one view point of what Autism is since their son, who her parents describe as an someone is limited in verbal speech . He also takes pharmaceuticals which later in life she would come to use but was told that she doesn't display certain behaviors like her brother therefore, she woul ..read more

Being the first episode of Diverse Talk, I wanted to have Owen Nichols(my fiance) with me, to have one of our many talks about some of our beliefs, and stands as neurodiverse individuals who like to spark up conversations about unpopular topics such as, capitalism. We dive more into capitalism, the uprising of "Thee Influencer" and how it can eventually muddle the value of the content being produced(hear this out), the seemingly odd belief of civil rights for all humans in minority groups and one of my favourite parts explained in this episode by Owen, being that "art is not art yet, unless it ..read more

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/discoverspectrum/support.      Wanting to be accepted or heard is a universal experience and desire.            Understanding ourselves can be one of the ways we start the process of embracing ourselves.                            My next guest Justin, that is exactly what he is doing. He created his own space in the Autistic community and creates and shares how stimming is completely natural along with words that are felt and create awaren ..read more

This episode is sponsored by · Anchor:  The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Please support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/discoverspectrum/support Non-Autistic parents who find their kid's diagnosis seperate from who they are and it's said that there must be a way to cure Autism thus labeling Autism to be something of a disease. There's plenty of stigma but through getting diagnoses for her toddler and baby in 2020, Tabitha Cabrera (Women, Mother, Wife, Lawyer, Author, and Advocate) decided to learn past the stigma. We talk about her starting a talk show that roote ..read more

The functioning labels of low and high are rattling in conversation throughout the Neurodiverse community. If there are any doubts that these labels are harmful, let me introduce you to Mrinal Gokhale. Mrinal is a South Asian American women who was overlooked for the diagnosis of Autism & Adhd due to her parents having one view point of what Autism is since there son, who Mrinal describes as an Autistic individual who's speech isn't verbally developed past the language of a 5 year old . He also takes pharmaceuticals which later in life Mrinal would come to use but was told that she doesn't ..read more

Being the first episode of Diverse Talk, I wanted to have Owen Nichols(my fiance) with me, to have one of our many talks about some of our beliefs, and stands as neurodiverse individuals who like to spark up conversations about unpopular topics such as, capitalism. We dive more into capitalism, the uprising of "Thee Influencer" and how it can eventually muddle the value of the content being produced(hear this out), the seemingly odd belief of civil rights for all humans in minority groups and one of my favourite parts explained in this episode by Owen, being that "art is not art yet, unless it ..read more

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/discoverspectrum. Wanting to be accepted or heard is a universal experience and desire.  Understanding ourselves can be one of the ways we start the process of embracing ourselves. My next guest Justin, that is exactly what he is doing. He created his own space in the Autistic community and creates and shares how stimming is completely natural along with words that are felt and create awareness of the neurodivergent experience. We talk about being parents, social challenges and relationships. This was a really flowy talk! Justin (@intoautistic) • In ..read more

?There's many non-Autistic parents who find their kid's diagnosis seperate from who they are and it's said that there must be a way to cure Autism thus labeling Autism to be something of a disease. There's plenty of stigma but through getting diagnoses for her toddler and baby in 2020, Tabitha Cabrera (Women, Mother, Wife, Lawyer, Author, and Advocate) decided to learn past the stigma. We talk about her starting a talk show that rooted from her expressing herself when it was discovered her son is Autistic, the journey that her and her brother (Animator) had creating an amazing children's book ..read more