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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Website:www.heidimavir.com/
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[@ccbaker77]

Brilliant podcast. I wil definitely share this to my groups. Thank you both for your honesty 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@vykiknighthadley]

Fantastic podcast looking forward to more of them :).

[@supercalmsensoryproducts9163]

Really enjoyed your chat lads. So much to take away. Bought the audio book and look forward to listen to it

[@Finne57]

Wow! I love listening to Heidi and reading what she has to say. If autism is both socially constructed with differences between cultures/historically(ref X and Y film where in China maths nerds are valued and prized) , AND autism is real, root constitutional qualities in humans that yearn for expression or cause distress when those sensitivities are not accommodated, AND autism is one canary in the mine and vanguard for social change, I am flabbergasted when anyone navigates and processes all this so successfully and is up for doing this on an ongoing basis(I'm slow and it's painful). It is sad when windows of opportunity are lost but thankfully there are people like Heidi and others to support young people picking up the threads of their lives. I want to believe things are improving and can improve even more.