The Jessica Espin Interview

02/20/23 • 78 min

She/Her

contains references to self injurious meltdowns and references to the ideation of unaliving ones self.

Jess speaks to Autisticly Air about her diagnoses of autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, endometriosis and interstitial cystitis a condition which affects the bladder. She speaks of her late diagnoses and honestly her internalised ableism prior to coming to terms that she is autistic with stereotypes of autism in a patriarchal society proving a barrier of what she thought was autism. She speaks of how in the coronavirus pandemic it has helped peal a layer of the mask of and grow a popular TikTok channel where she shares content about her disabilities, social causes she is passionate and funny videos.

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She/Her

contains references to self injurious meltdowns and references to the ideation of unaliving ones self.

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Tessa McEnvoy She/Her In this interview with myself explores her diagnoses of apraxia, as well as sensory processing disorder, bipolar disorder and autism. On Facebook she has created the 'Apraxia Story' blog, a blog which is where she writes of her diagnoses of apraxia and neurodivergent conditions and her experiences of being an adoptee. In this interview she touches on her experience of an adoptee, which has given her trauma of being gaslit, manipulated and exploited in what she describes as abuse with her adopted family and shares her not so easy challenge of seeking to live a free and independent life in an abled world with such conditions been taken advantage of by others and how it can be hard to self-advocate. Telling of the challenges a person with oral-motor apraxia may have with communicating she shares how it can prove challenges in school and the work place when its all so difficult to advocate for yourself and get the necessary working conditions that she needs with useful advice to give to teachers and employers about the needs of neurodivergent people.

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