The 'Refrigerator Mother Theory' was a concept in the 1950s that proposed autism was caused by a lack of maternal warmth. This concept was debunked by the 1960s and 1970s but how far have we really come from this idea?

On episode 25 I continue from last week and we dive into "unwritten social rules" that seem to escape so many neurodivergent folks and also I share about why I am now off of social media.

When you're neurodivergent, it can often feel like everyone is communicating on a completely different wavelength than you. On Episode 24, I talk about how important it is to learn and accept the different communication styles of the neurodivergent people we love and what can often be missed. This is a great episode for parents of neurodivergent kids as I share a lot of my own experiences as a kid and as a parent.

What can I say that I haven't already? I'M STRUGGLING... and I am neurodivergent/Autsitic/ADHD/What have you. I am all over the place! I am... ME! And that's okay. Let's talk about all of that and more.

I am beginning to see that the more I've learned, the more I need to UNLEARN.

SEASON 3 of Not Neurotypical is about more learning but This past year has been a wild ride! While unmasking, I realized there was a name for things I had been feeling since some of my earliest memories: NONBINARY. Hear more about my gender identity journey in episode 1 of season 3 (Episode XXI) of the Not Neurotypical Podcast!

Can we just scrap 2020 and start all over again?? I am just disillusioned with everything and everyone... so let's talk about THAT.

The past few weeks I've been researching into PTSD and other things that seem to affect Neurodivergent adults on a grand scale and in turn, I've been learning A WHOLE LOT about myself. A few things I've thought were just "my personality"? Well, they were actually (GASP) TRAUMA RESPONSES. Neurodivergent adults are no stranger to trauma response because most of us have been met with A LOT of trauma for, well, our whole lives. The first step is knowing. Let's talk about it.