Autistic and ADHD mother and life coach – Kori Tomelden

04/11/22 • 29 min

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Kori Tomelden is a late diagnosed autistic ADHDer, life strategist for autistic and ADHD women & a transformational purpose coach. She lives in Albany, NY where she is raising a neurodivergent family. Her older daughter is non-speaking autistic (and also has ADHD and anxiety) and her youngest daughter is HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) and gifted.

Kori brings her own life experiences as an empathic, intuitive autistic woman, mother and entrepreneur to her coaching work and her “Authentically Autistic and ADHD” podcast.

During this episode, you will hear Kori talk about:

Her multi-year journey to discover she is an autistic ADHDer, which started while she was looking for resources to support her autistic daughter
How her special interest in understanding human behavior shaped her chosen career
How her first-hand experience with autism and ADHD has influenced her coaching
What inspired her to revamp her podcast, and how she’s using it to “unmask” herself

Learn more about Kori at her links below: YouTube

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Kori brings her own life experiences as an empathic, intuitive autistic woman, mother and entrepreneur to her coaching work and her “Authentically Autistic and ADHD” podcast.

During this episode, you will hear Kori talk about:

Her multi-year journey to discover she is an autistic ADHDer, which started while she was looking for resources to support her autistic daughter
How her special interest in understanding human behavior shaped her chosen career
How her first-hand experience with autism and ADHD has influenced her coaching
What inspired her to revamp her podcast, and how she’s using it to “unmask” herself

Learn more about Kori at her links below: YouTube

Watch the video of this interview on YouTube!

Subscribe to the FREE Beyond 6 Seconds newsletter for early access to new episodes!

Click here for the episode transcript.

Previous Episode

We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation – with Eric Garcia

Why has public discourse about autism been dominated by non-autistic voices? And, what’s been happening recently to change this?

My guest Eric Garcia breaks this down in today’s episode! Eric is a journalist based in Washington DC and the senior Washington correspondent for The Independent. He is also the author of the book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation” which was published in 2021.

During this episode, you will hear Eric talk about:

Why non-autistic voices have traditionally dominated the public conversation about autism
How government policies have shaped and evolved the public’s perceptions about autism
Including a wide variety of autistic people’s experiences in his book – including non-speaking autistic people – as well as his own experiences as an autistic Latino man
How writing this book helped him confront some of his own biases – and what he learned about becoming a better ally and learning from criticism
Where the public can find accurate information about autism and the autistic community
How social media has helped autistic people share their experiences, amplify their voices and effect change (for example, by calling out harmful autistic stereotypes about autism in a recent movie by a certain singer)

Buy Eric’s book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation”

Read Eric’s National Journal article (the precursor to “We’re Not Broken”)

Check out Eric’s recommendations for other helpful autism resources: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism Sincerely, Your Autistic Child #ActuallyAutistic on Twitter – hashtag used by autistic content creators (a good place to listen to autistic people, and especially helpful if you’re newly-diagnosed autistic) #AskingAutistics on Twitter – use this hashtag to post questions you want to ask autistic people

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Next Episode

Autism, photography and the beauty of everyday things – with Joseph Hill

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Photographer Joseph Hill is known as the “unofficial mayor” of Southern Pines, North Carolina. He’s currently the exclusive photographer for the Southern Pines Welcome Center, where many of his pictures are available for purchase as postcards. His work has been featured in PineStraw Magazine and on the front page of The Pilot newspaper.

Joseph also has autism, and he's on a mission to spread positivity and encourage other entrepreneurs like himself. (Note: I'm using person-first language like "has autism" for Joseph at his request.)

During this episode, you will hear Joseph talk about:

What it was like growing up with autism
How his parents and family friend have helped him develop his passion and career as a photographer
How he finds and captures the beauty of everyday things in his photography
The photograph that helped kickstart his photography career
His mission to spread positivity and encouragement

For more information about Joseph and his photography, you can find him on his official website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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