The Neurodivergent Birth Podcast

This week Victoria interviews Alexis Quinn; educator, autism advocate and author of 'Unbroken: Learning to Live Beyond Diagnosis' and 'Autistic and Expecting: Practical support for parents-to-be and health and social care practitioners'. You can follow Alexis on Twitter @AQuinnUnbroken and download her maternity passport birth planning resource here: https://www.autisticparentsuk.org/downloadable-resources. Alexis also mentions the organisation Birth Rights which you can find at https://www.birthrights.org.uk/.

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Today I chat with Megan Griffith who is an AuDHDer, neurodiversity coach and founder of The Neurocuriosity Club https://www.theneurocuriosityclub.com/ Instagram @theneurodiversityclub.
We discuss her own perinatal experiences, including her twin pregnancy and birth, the challenges of executive dysfunction, and what neurodiversity life coaching is.
The paper that Megan refers to in the episode can be accessed here.

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In today's episode I speak with Sally Bunkham, Communications and Development manager for UK charity PANDAS, who exist to support people suffering from perinatal mental illness including anxiety and depression.
We talk about Sally’s experiences as a mother of neurodivergent children, and the increased risk of postnatal mood disorders within the ND community.
WARNING: Please note this episode includes open and honest accounts of experiences of PND including self-harm.
The studies referenced in the podcast episode can be found here:
https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-019-0304-2
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1767068/FULLTEXT01.pdf
https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(21)00254-9/fulltext

You can find our more about PANDAS and their support services at https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/, and you can listen to their podcast episode about rage with Dr Caroline Boyd here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rage-ft-dr-caroline-boyd-how-normal-is-anger-when/id1756488171?i=1000662291969

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Jessica McCabe is the creator, writer, and star of the award-winning, YouTube channel How to ADHD https://www.youtube.com/c/howtoadhd.
Since its founding in 2015, How to ADHD has grown to over one and a half million subscribers.

Jessica is author of The New York Times Bestseller: How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It). In her book, Jessica reveals the insights and tools that have changed her life, and offers expert-backed guidance for adapting your environment, routines and systems to work with the ADHD brain.

Jessica is currently 6 months postpartum after the birth of her daughter, and in today's episode we talk all about her birth, her experience of postnatal depression and anxiety, and the support that has helped her during the postnatal time.

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This week Victoria interviews Frankie Gulliver; a postnatal doula and mental health and neurodivergence advocate. Frankie shares her perinatal experiences as an ADHDer with dyslexia and dyspraxia. You can follow Frankie and find more about her work on Instagram @meandmindhub.

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