Apraxia Story – with Tessa McEvoy
Beyond 6 Seconds: Neurodiversity stories from neurodivergent people
02/06/23
•25m
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Tessa McEvoy is autistic, has a speech disability called Oral Motor Apraxia, and was recently diagnosed bipolar. She talks about her experiences on her popular Facebook page, Apraxia Story, and advocates for autistic, bipolar, abuse survivors and apraxic individuals online. In 2022 she wrote, illustrated and published her book called "What is it like Living with Depression?"
During this episode, you will hear Tessa talk about:
- What inspired her to start sharing her apraxia story online
- The difficulties she's faced as a neurodivergent person with a speech disability, including being judged, abused and isolated
- Why she advocates for disabled people who are experiencing abuse
- The inspiration and motivation behind her book
- Sharing her life experiences to help people in similar situations feel less alone
Follow Tessa on Facebook, join her Patreon community and check out her book, "What is it like Living with Depression?" on Amazon.
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January 23, 2023
•26m
Rickey Z is a Pre-K Special Education teacher who started her podcast management business in 2020. She is a co-host on Woe Nelly Media's "Geekin' Out" and is in partnership with ADHD + Black, an up-and-coming organization whose mission is to provide support and resources for the Black neurodivergent community. Rickey Z was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 30 while in the process of coming to terms with untreated depression and anxiety.
During this episode, you will hear Rickey Z talk about:
- How she discovered that had ADHD at the age of 30
- What it was like growing up as a Black girl with undiagnosed ADHD
- Why she thinks boys are identified as neurodivergent at younger ages than girls are
- How realizing she has ADHD impacts how she views and manages her depression and anxiety
- Managing her life as a special education teacher, mother and owner of a podcast management business
- How her partnership with ADHD + Black creates resources to support Black neurodivergent people
You can find out more about Rickey Z and her work on:
- Instagram: @rickeyz_social and @adhdandblack
- TikTok: @rickey_z
- Twitter: @RickeyZ_Social and @ADHDandBlack
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Tourette's advocacy on TikTok – with Monica Nguyen
February 20, 2023
•20m
Note: This episode contains occasional swearing (coprolalia).
Monica Nguyen is a 20-year-old disability advocate who lives in Sydney, Australia. Monica began sharing her experiences online after facing a lot of discrimination from people who don't understand her Tourette Syndrome. Her goal is to inspire, educate and empower.
During this episode, you will hear Monica talk about:
- What her life has been like with Tourette's, as someone living in Australia who is part of a Vietnamese family
- The discrimination she's faced in public because of her tics and coprolalia, including a confrontation at a train station that compelled her to start sharing her life experiences with Tourette's online
- The positive community she has built on TikTok by creating videos about her life with Tourette's
- The goals she has for her advocacy
Follow Monica on TikTok @meowmons and Instagram @ticswithmon.
This episode features a promo from the Psychocinematic podcast, which discusses the representation of disability and mental health conditions in film and TV. Listen to Psychocinematic at PsychocinematicPodcast.com or on your favorite podcast app.
Watch the video of this interview on YouTube!
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