Bridget Hampstead's Journey: Autism, Community, and Radical Love

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Tony Mantor

Alternative Health, Health And Wellness, Health, Neurodivergent, Never Give Up, Health & Fitness, Entertainment, Mental Health, Autism Acceptance, Autism, Autism Awareness, Celebrities, Special Needs, Positivity

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Send us a text Bridget Hampstead shares her journey from discovering her own neurodivergence to founding Fish in a Tree, a virtual community center supporting neurodivergent adults. Her work combines community building, political advocacy, and neuroaffirming practices to create spaces where late-diagnosed autistic individuals can find acceptance and belonging. • Founded Fish in a Tree after realizing neurodivergent people lacked community support • Pivoted from physical center to virtu...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Why Not Me the World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mayator.
0:11.6	Broadcasting from Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.0	Join us as our guests tell us their stories
0:20.9	Some will make you laugh
0:22.5	Some will make you cry
0:24.3	Real life people
0:26.9	Who will inspire
0:28.8	And show that you are not alone
0:32.5	In this world
0:34.0	Hopefully you gain more awareness
0:37.1	Acceptance and a better understanding
0:40.3	for autism around the world.
0:43.3	Hi, I'm Tony Mantor. Welcome to Why Not Me the World. Joining us today is Bridget Hampstead,
0:58.7	founding director of Fish in a Tree, an organization dedicated to supporting and championing
1:04.8	neurodiversity in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Prior to Fish in a Tree, she was awarded activist of the year in
1:13.1	in 2003 and became US representative to the UN
1:17.8	for World Autism Awareness Day, 2004.
1:21.7	She possesses a wealth of knowledge,
1:24.0	and we are honored to have her on the show.
1:26.4	Thanks for coming on. Yeah, I'm happy to be here with you.
1:31.5	So can you tell me, how did you get involved in what you're doing now? So I'm an ADIHD person myself,
1:39.1	and just because of my own neurodivergents and experience, my kind of, what I thought was a very
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