'AuDHD puts you at extreme risk!' Christine McGuinness Breaks Down Over Late AuDHD Diagnosis

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Christine McGuinness is a British model, television personality and Autism advocate who has publicly spoken about her late AuDHD diagnosis and raising 3 autistic children. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:02 Dedication 01:22 Early memories of feeling different 06:15 Did these behaviours make sense to people closest to you 07:09 How do you differentiate between the traits of your ADHD and autism? 09:15 The diagnosis story 11:37 Talk me through the emotions you felt after your diagnosis 14:05 Rejection 15:48 Do you struggle making friends? 28:36 What do you believe to be the common (everyday person) perspective on Autism? 30:02 Parenting 34:17 Tiimo advert 36:26 What are some truths about Autism that you experience on a day-to-day basis? 41:13 People making inaccurate assumptions about you because of your Autism 42:35 Sexual abuse amongst autistic women 50:13 Are autistic women vulnerable to other forms of abuse 52:38 Advice for younger self 55:37 ADHD item 01:03:32 The ADHD agony aunt (washing machine of woes) 01:07:29 A letter from the previous guest Visit Christine's Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/mrscmcguinness/?hl=en-gb Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/adhdchatter Producer: Timon Woodward DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's episode, nine and ten, autistic women are most likely to experience some
0:05.7	kind of abuse. It may be sexual abuse or physical abuse, emotional, mental abuse. Christine McGuinness,
0:12.5	a British model, television personality and autism advocate, who has publicly spoken about her
0:17.4	ADHD diagnosis and raising three autistic children.
0:22.4	I was one of those nine and ten.
0:23.7	I was sexually abused.
0:24.6	It's sad.
0:29.1	It's something that is never, ever nice for anybody to talk about.
0:31.0	Because of that nine and ten,
0:34.7	it's so important, and that's why I chose to share that.
0:36.9	If there is somebody listening and that's happened to them,
0:38.7	do you have any advice for somebody like that?
0:39.5	Write it down.
0:44.1	And when you're ready, share it with somebody that you are really, really comfortable with.
0:44.8	I didn't.
0:48.2	I didn't say anything for 15 years.
0:51.0	And it was only when I did that I got better with himself.
0:55.2	I would tell little Christine to just really look after herself and look out for herself. I'd go and I would give her up. I'd take home. Keep us safe. You know that feeling
1:03.5	when you're bored in class and you're swinging back on your chair onto two legs, but you accidentally
1:08.1	swing back a bit too far. You're about to topple over,
1:11.5	but you manage to correct yourself at the last minute. This episode is dedicated to anyone who
1:16.0	feels like they're living in a constant state of that feeling.
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