Heidi Mavir - Your Child Is Not Broken - Autism, ADHD, and what to do when school isn't working

Join me as I chat with Heidi Mavir, author of the Sunday Times Best Seller "Your Child Is Not Broken."
Heidi is a late identified neurodivergent adult and parent of an autistic/ADHD teenager.

In this episode, we discuss

0:00 Coming Up
1:08 Intro
3:20 Heidi Mavir
4:45 When did autism first come up?
7:30 Early days after diagnosis
12:15 School isn't working
20:10 Fighting for a diagnosis
24:24 Learning about autism
30:35 Advice for parents whose children are struggling at school
35:26 Overwhelm, survival mode and a lack of support
41:15 Realising I was autistic
47:08 How an autism diagnosis has changed my life
53:05 The benefits of pursuing an autism diagnosis
58:50 The power of community
1:04:00 Why I wrote my book
1:14:20 One thing I'd like the world to know about autism


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