Christine McGuinness on neurodiversity and her autism diagnosis

Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse

Heart

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This is one for anyone wanting to understand autism. In adults or kids. This isn’t one to gloss over because you haven’t been diagnosed or feel it isn’t relevant. We all need to understand neurodiversity to truly be inclusive and this is a heartfelt, informed conversation between three women - one who has been diagnosed, one whose son is going through the process - and what to consider - and one who truly wants to understand more. The language to use, the nuance and the way forward in education.

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0:00.0	This is a global player original podcast.
0:10.2	Do you remember in gladiators?
0:17.5	Contender, ready?
0:19.4	Oh yes.
0:20.3	I was always jet. Who were you?
0:22.4	Uh, wolfman. Weird.
0:25.1	Okay.
0:25.6	Welcome to another episode of Dirty Motherpucker. I am your host, Anna Whitehouse, the founder of Motherpucker, and I'm joined by my best mate, Polly Hazard in the house.
0:35.9	Woo! Woo! Actually, you're not my best friend. My dad said to me, you should never make anyone your best friend because it isolates others. Wow, I actually think what you should never do is tell someone you're their best friend and then take it away. Snatch it back. Within the second. Yeah, cheers. Just a friend. Just a friend. Just her over there.
0:55.0	The one over there.
0:55.9	How's your week being, Paul?
0:57.5	Do you really want to know?
0:58.8	Not really, but we've got a podcast and some time to fill.
1:01.7	Okay.
1:02.3	Crack on.
1:02.8	I'll unpack it then.
1:04.1	Well...
1:04.7	Tales from my best friend who is now just a friend.
1:09.1	F-Y-I.
1:10.7	It has been a terror, an absolute terror of a week. I can't tell you
1:14.7	how sleep deprived I am. I've had about two hours sleep, I'd say, in the last four days,
1:20.1	and I start making really bad decisions after, you know, severe lack of sleep. Like,
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