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Help with DiStRaCtIoNs

Do you have ASD or ADHD or both? Do you need help fighting distractions and keeping yourself on schedule, and keeping you away from all those distractions.  Well my next guest from all the way down under Jeremy Nagel has developed an app called Focusbear.io which does all that.

In this show we talk about his life, how he went from one relationship to another and not being understood, till he met his wife, we also talk about how he went from working to freelancing and how he realized freelancing wasnt for him.

Jeremy is a amzing guy with a story to tell about what was like for him in Australia and how they are much more able to handle those who are on the spectrum than most countries.

You can get his app here at Focusbear.io

This was a interesting show to say to say..

Affordable Living

Hello,

Are you someone who has a disability and living at home or on your own. but cant find a community of like mined people. Well my next guest Paula Manion and her husband did just that. She saw a need for those who have a disability who needed affordable living space and wanted to be part of a community and created Our Stomping Ground.

Our Stomping Ground right now is the Virgina \ DC area and offers nice apartments for those with a disability a place to live and enoy outtings and make friends with others. 

We talk about how she came up with the idea of Our Stomping ground

This is a incredible thing to happen for those us looking for a place to live and friends to do things with.

Finding Love on the Spectrum

Finding Love on the Spectrum

Hello have you every wonder what it is like to find love, especially if you are someone who is on the spectrum. Well my guest did just that.

You may not recognize his name but if you are a fan of the show Love on the Spectrum, you will know the name David Isaacman. He was one of the cast member of Love on the spectrum.  In this show I talk with him and his sister Alison about what it was like being on the spectrum, what it was like to find the one and what his life was life before and after the show aired.

I also talk with his sister Alison and find out what she has leaned from her brother and now star of Love on the spectrum.

David is such a amazing inspiration for those out there, with his work out routine and his now dating life. Davids advice to those looking for love are

“Be confident, have courage, and be yourself”

This is such a important message out there to those of us on the spectrum who are afraid to put ourselves out there.

Life is all about taking risks, because life is short.

So Aspies, I see you in the next one.

Justice for Disabilities

Justice for Disabilities

In this episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio I talk with John LaMantia of the law firm Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman.  They deal individuals and families who are victims of birth injuries from medical negligence. Their clients deal with permanent cognitive and developmental disabilities, I will ask him do some of his clients think that these injuries cause their child to have Autism.

We will find out how this ties in with Autism and how it decided to get into this type of law and how he decided to become a lawyer in the first place.  I talk with him about if has had people claim due to a birth injury if people have claimed their child became autistic and much much more.

Social Grace LLC

In this episode of Inside the Aspergers Studio, I talk with Ginny Conroy who is the founder and CEO of Social Grace

I talk with Ginny about herself and how she got into working with and helping those with ASD.  I talk to her about how she came up with the name Social Graces. She also talks about her dad and her 3 brothers and how they were one of the reasons she got into helping those with ASD.

We go over what a typical day is like for her, to challenge.  She talks about how every clinet is wired different and each client has different goals.  She considers herself a problem solver and someone who never gives up.

She is doing truly amazing things for those out there with ASD.  She not only has local clients she has clients all over US and international.

https://socialgracellc.com/

Diagnosed late in life

Diagnosed late in life

In my next episode, I talk with Amy O'keeffe who is from Ireland and going for her Archaeology PhD from Trinity College. We talk about what it was like for her to be diagnosed late in life as recent as this February with not only ASD and ADHD but also Fibromyalgia. 

We talk about how she deals with her ADHD during her studies, and what challenges she has faced knowing what she has.  She talks about how Ireland is with disability how one minute they can award a student with a disability grant and than take it away from them, we also talk about how challenging it was for a lot of students to study during Covid and how a lot of students really missed out and lost out.

We talk about how her diagnose really hasn't changed her, but made her understands herself better.

https://www.tcd.ie/classics/postgraduate/degrees/current-students.php

Surround by ADHD

Surrounded By ADHD

Hello,

Do you have ADHD and or knows someone who does, and do you live you Israel.

Well my next guest is a ADHD specialist and helps those who have ADHD. 

My next guest is Avigail Gimpel is a mother of six all of which have ADHD of some degree, not only that she also works with kids who have ADHD and even ASD as well.  She has also written a book called HyperHealing: The Empowered Parent’s Complete Guide to Raising a Healthy Child with ADHD Symptoms.

We talk about her kids, her philosophy of how she deals with ADHD with her school kids to her own kids.

She is all about helping those with ADHD and getting the parents educated on how to raise and help their child succeeded.

This is definately a most listen if you or someone you know has ADHD.

So sit back, Relax and Grab you favorite beverage, because in your in for a amazing show.

Check out her links below

https://www.hyperhealing.org/

https://www.instagram.com/hyperhealing.adhd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/avigail-gimpel-4a2a4bb9/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLqv5e5yQ2LeQ6qdYQ4DyQ

 

Smile and Succeed

Do you know someone who has troubles with social skills and  cant find the right book and person to help them well my next guest Kirt Manecke has written a book called Smile and Succeed for teens.  A book that teachs social skills and made it simple to read.

We talk about his book,  We talk about the social skills he teaches and why his book is popular with those with ASD, we talked about the challenges he faced teaching teens social skills and how you dealt with them and much much more.

So sit back, relax and grab you favorite beverage

Find out more about Kirt Manecke at the links below

https://www.smilethebook.com/author/

https://www.smilethebook.com/

https://kirtmanecke.com/

A Helping Hand in Canada

A Helping Hand

Are you someone who lives in Canada who has a child who is on the spectrum and looking for help. Well my next guest is  Priya Tronsgard who lives in Canada, and is mom of two children of two on the spectrum. She has also foudned a tutoring agency called Edify Learnign Spaces. They are Canada’s leading tutoring agency for neurodivergant kids she is also a author of a book called Radically Reframing: Three Principles for a Happy Neurodivergent Family. She is also a advocate for Austism as well.

We talk about her 2 kids and we talk about her book and we talked about the challenges she faced raising 2 kids who are on the spectrum. I asked her about how Canada views those with ASD and much much more. 

Twitter

LinkedIN

Edify Learning Spaces

Enabled Intelligence /w Lauren Bacon Smith

Enabled Intelligence

In this episode, I talk with Lauren Bacon Smith who is the Chief People Officer of Enabled Intelligence.

Enabled Intelligence is a new start-up company in DC that has a integrated work force and a different way interview their prospectus employees. 

They have the standard application, but they look beyond the resume or your background. What they are more interested in, is you knowledge and background with computers.  They don't interview they employees like normal companies do, they don't ask the traditional questions, they don't ask questions at all.

What they do is they get to you, and find out what you are capable of. Also you are sent a aptitude test to see what you can and can not do.

They make their employees feel welcome and have things for those who are autistic feel more comfortable like, sensory inclusive rooms and have parties for them and much more.

If you are someone who is Autistic and living in the DC area this is one company to check out.

Enabled Intelligence