Ep. 161: Elora Dodd Speaks About Growing Up Neurodivergent In Fundamentalism

Leaving Eden Podcast

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True Crime, Cult, History, Survivor, Theology, Exfundie, Religion, Lgbtq, Christianity, Exvangelical, Documentary, Fundamentalism, Baptist, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Deconstruction, Inspirational Women, Duggars, Inspirational

4.5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we interview disability rights advocate and online content creator Elora Dodd, AKA @Online1RoomSchoolhouse about her experiences growing up in fundamentalism, learning about Autism, and how fundamentalism is uniquely difficult for neurodivergent people.

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0:00.0	No rolling river of time.
0:07.0	You've healed me in too many days.
0:13.0	No regrets, no confusion.
0:18.0	There'll be no pollution. I'm so thankful i've decided to change my ways
0:32.3	welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome to all of our listeners.
0:39.0	My name's Gavriel Huckoan.
0:42.0	And I'm cult survivor, cult expert, Sadie Carpenter.
0:46.5	How is your life today, Sadie?
0:49.1	How are you feeling?
0:51.1	Feeling good.
0:52.3	I'm going to go make some more jam when we're done with this.
0:57.8	Yes, that sounds delicious. I'm excited for you. Jam is fun. Jam is nice. Jam is a sweet holiday
1:03.8	treat that we all love to enjoy. But yesterday, we sat down with somebody who is more famous than both of us put together.
1:15.3	Yes.
1:17.4	No, we talked to Alorah Dodd, who is a disability advocate slash TikTok content creator
1:26.8	slash comedian slash ex-fundamentalist.
1:29.9	All in all a very hilarious person because we wanted to ask her about experiences of
1:36.1	neurodivergent people who grew up in fundamentalism.
1:39.0	And she has a lot of valuable insight on that topic.
1:43.0	Yeah, I'm so happy we got to have Allura because she is
1:46.3	fall down laughing, funny, personal friend of mine. Yes, that is a brag. And truly informed
1:55.0	somebody who has learned about the experience of neurodivergence and fundamentalism. She lived it herself,
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