21andsensory Podcast

On today's episode I have the lovely Charli Clement as my special guest. Charli is an activist, speaker, writer, creator and lived experience expert. They are proudly autistic, ADHD, dyspraxic, and chronically ill, and particularly passionate about discussing the intersections of these conditions. Charli works with the NHS and other organisations around psychiatric inpatient care, human rights and autism. Charli’s first non-fiction book around autism and chronic illness was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in December 2023 and is called ‘All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness: A guide to navigating multiple conditions' Charli has previously been a keynote speaker for the British Medical Association and given talks to NHS boards and staff, universities, city councils amongst others. They have also had bylines in outlets such as the Independent, the Metro, the Daily Mirror and VICE. Charli's links: linktr.ee/charliclement_ My 21andsensory links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

On today's episode I have the lovely Emily Katy on as my special guest, who you might know from social media as @itsemilykaty. Emily was previously on episode 51 of the 21andsensory podcast but I shall of course reintroduce her... Emily is an autistic woman with ADHD and OCD. She is a blogger, author and advocate, and works with neurodivergent children and young people. Emily is a Trustee for the Autistic Girls Network and Former youth participation council member and Former Public Governor for her NHS Trust. She is also a #NotAloneTalk Host on Twitter. Emily has given talks in many different health settings and written many articles on her own experiences. So listeners might be thinking - oh Emily Katy is back on your podcast?! But that’s because Emily has some very exciting news - she is now a published book author! Buy Girl Unmasked here: linktr.ee/girlunmasked Twitter: twitter.com/ItsEmilyKaty Instagram: instagram.com/itsemilykaty www.authenticallyemily.uk

On todays episode my special guest is the lovely Rachel Charlton-Dailey. Rachel is an is an award-winning disabled editor, journalist, activist and more recently author! Rachel is a disability rights columnist for The Daily Mirror where she guest edited the series Disabled Britain. Rachel writes mainly about disability and women’s rights and her work has featured in publications such as HuffPost, The Guardian, Glamour and The Big Issue. Her specialisms are political issues affecting disabled people, disability in the media and the gender health gap. Her first book Ruby Hastings Writes Her Own Story was published by Collins Big Cat on January 8th! When Rachel isn’t writing, she can be found walking her sausage dog, Rusty (which OF COURSE we chat about!) Rachel’s Links: Buy my book! | Instagram | LinktreeDisabled Britain: Doing It For Ourselves - Latest news, pictures & videos - The MirrorRachel Charlton-Dailey (@RachelCDailey) on XRachel Charlton-Dailey (@rachelcdailey) • Instagram photos and videosRachel Charlton-Dailey Ghosts articles Rachel wrote! Ghosts: Celebrating a British Comedy Breakout Success whynowhttps://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a46186848/ghosts-ending-christmas-special-review/Ghosts star Ben Willbond on show's devastating Christmas finaleWhy Ghosts means so much to LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent fans We mentioned: Disabled & Proud Podcast (@disabledandproudpodcast) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://www.neo-walk.com/ My 21andsensory links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

We last had a chat (a recorded chat - I speak to her outside the pod!) on Episode 35 in April 2021...but she’s back again for a catch-up…it’s my sister! Our previous chat here in case you missed it! We chat about: - Her life since 2021 and her career moves - The training and studying she has already done and what she hasn’t had the opportunity to do… - The education system in the UK and working in both mainstream and specialist schools - Children-centred learning and how important this is - Studying a Masters and what that has entailed - Where she’d love to work next! My sisters TES shop link Teacher stat that was mentioned: 'Third of England's teachers who qualified in last decade 'have left profession' 'Nearly a third of teachers who qualified in the last decade have since left the profession, according to Labour analysis that has been released as the party attempts to shift the political focus on to education' (The Guardian, Jan 2023) Article here. My 21andsensory links:

We last had a chat (a recorded chat - I speak to her outside the pod!) on Episode 35 in April 2021...but she’s back again for a catch-up…it’s my sister! Our previous chat here in case you missed it! We chat about: - Her life since 2021 and her career moves - The training and studying she has already done and what she hasn’t had the opportunity to do… - The education system in the UK and working in both mainstream and specialist schools - Children-centred learning and how important this is - Studying a Masters and what that has entailed - Where she’d love to work next! My sisters TES shop link Teacher stat that was mentioned: 'Third of England's teachers who qualified in last decade 'have left profession' 'Nearly a third of teachers who qualified in the last decade have since left the profession, according to Labour analysis that has been released as the party attempts to shift the political focus on to education' (The Guardian, Jan 2023) Article here. My 21andsensory links:

Grab a hot drink and a snack because it's time for a huge 2023 catch-up episode with Emily! Things I cover: Podcast guests I've had on this year - a recap My podcaster Spotify wrapped stats! Q&A segment - answered questions from my Instagram stories A life update Books I've read this year Things I mentioned: Lego succulent: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/succulents-10309 Lego succulent light kit: https://www.lightmybricks.co.uk/products/lego-succulents-10309-light-kit My Tangle video: (Gifted) My 21andsensory links: @21andsensory on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠ @21andsensory on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠⁠ @21andsensory on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

Grab a hot drink and a snack because it's time for a huge 2023 catch-up episode with Emily! Things I cover: Podcast guests I've had on this year - a recap My podcaster Spotify wrapped stats! Q&A segment - answered questions from my Instagram stories A life update Books I've read this year Things I mentioned: Lego succulent: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/succulents-10309 Lego succulent light kit: https://www.lightmybricks.co.uk/products/lego-succulents-10309-light-kit My Tangle video: (Gifted) My 21andsensory links: @21andsensory on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠ @21andsensory on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠⁠ @21andsensory on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

Today I have the wonderful Courn Ahn on as my special guest. Courn is a Queer Autistic Korean-American Illustrator and Designer. Their work depicts social justice, antiracism, and all things activism and they have over 5 years experience in the creative industry. You may know Courn through @candy.courn on TikTok and Instagram with their wonderful series of videos all about navigating life as an autistic asian ace with video topics including their special interests, home interior design and all things art and design! Courn's links: https://www.instagram.com/candy.cournhttps://www.instagram.com/courtneyahndesignhttps://www.tiktok.com/@candycournhttps://www.courtneyahndesign.comhttps://www.courtneyahndesign.com/shophttps://akidsco.com/products/a-little-book-about-activism My 21andsensory links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

On today's episode my special guest is the lovely Georgia Holliday. Georgia describes herself as an ADHD & autistic writer, poet and lifelong student of words. Her work explores feminism, neurodivergence, chronic illness and the glorious messiness of life. Georgia is also an English Lit & Creative Writing student, a wife, dog mum, content creator and obsessive reader. You may know Georgia from her social media prescence where she has 63k followers on TikTok and over 15k followers on Instagram! Link to all of Georgia's socials (including Instagram, TikTok) https://linktr.ee/georgiaholliday_ Newsletter: https://georgiaholliday.substack.com/ HerMindInPrint Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HerMindInPrint My 21andsensory links: @21andsensory on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠ @21andsensory on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠ 21andsensory Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @21andsensory on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

Grab a hot drink and a snack because it's time for a catch-up episode with Emily! Links to things I mentioned: https://sensorystreet.uk/2023/08/25/new-durham-university-impact-funding/https://open.spotify.com/show/1NjpJ34V6WLb4hUhQgwXqy?si=3d619eac11b34e77https://www.instagram.com/neurospicy.podcast/https://www.patreon.com/21andsensory Books I mentioned: My 21andsensory links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

On today's episode I have special guest, Alice. Alice is 25, autistic and studying speech and language therapy. I've known Alice for quite a while now - we both knew each other growing up and we were both late-diagnosed as Autistic so this should be an interesting chat! Links to things Alice mentioned: https://direct.me/purpleellapsychiatry-uk.com/right-to-choose-asd/https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles My 21andsensory links: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory⁠

On today's episode I have the super lovely Ella Maisy Purvis. Ella is a classically trained ballet dancer who went on to retrain as an actor at LAMDA. Ella was a finalist at Theatre Royal Stratford Easts SLAMbition 2022, a monologue slam for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. TV and Film credits include Blueprint, a BFI short, Heartstopper on Netflix, Malpractice for ITV and A Kind Of Spark for BBC. *Episode contains swearing. Ella's social links: https://www.instagram.com/ellamaisypurvishttps://twitter.com/ellamaisypurvis Ella's acting work: https://www.spotlight.com/1419-8940-1407https://www.divergenttalentgroup.co.uk/talenthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0f7q3rv/a-kind-of-sparkhttps://www.itv.com/watch/malpractice/10a2194 My 21andsensory links: ⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ ⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory

On todays episode I have the awesome Jordan Ellis. Jordan describes himself as a T-shaped visual designer specialising in all things creative in FinTech (which is short for financial technology). He is currently working at Anna Money and working to better life as a neurodivergent in the creative industry. He has done it all, from working in huge creative teams in fin-tech unicorns, to an army of one in a start up! Jordan's Links: LinkedinWebsiteMedium My 21andsensory links ⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ ⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory

Hello! It's time for an episode with just me* - grab a drink and snack and let's have a catch-up! This episode will cover all things life, job and mental health related as well as some books I have been reading, dog-sitting and I answer some listener questions! *TW: Discussion includes mental health issues such as dissociation, anxiety, medication. Links mentioned: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/dissociation-and-dissociative-disorders/about-dissociation/https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/dissociative-disorders/http://unrealuk.orghttps://www.unrealuk.org/abouthttps://www.instagram.com/_plantswithkrystal_https://www.youtube.com/@21andsensorywww.redbubble.com/people/21andsensory/shop Fidget links: https://sensooli.com/product/pocket-sized-hand-fidget-sensory-chew/ My 21andsensory links: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/21andsensory/⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠https://twitter.com/21andsensory⁠⁠

On todays episode I have the lovely Marianne Eloise. Marianne is a writer and journalist who lives in Brighton in the UK. She writes about things such as TV, wellness, disability, film, business, digital culture, sex and alt music for outlets including The Cut, The New York Times, Courier, Dazed, Vulture, i-D and the Guardian to name a few both in print and online. Marianne also writes copy, branded and native content and newsletters for brands, artists and companies including Paramount, Universal, Sony and more. Now if you are thinking that you recognise Marianne's name it might be due to her brilliant essay collection titled 'Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking' which is out everywhere now, recently in paperback too and I'll pop links in the show description. I’ve recently finished reading it and it’s a culmination of a life spent obsessing, offering a glimpse into Marianne's brain and her inner thoughts. Marianne's Links: 'Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking' book: https://www.waterstones.com/books/search/term/obsessive+intrusive+magical+thinking+marianne+eloise Website: https://www.marianneeloise.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/marianne_eloise Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianneeloise My 21andsensory links: @21andsensory on Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠ @21andsensory on TikTok: ⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠ 21andsensory on YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠ 21andsensory Blog: ⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠ @21andsensory on Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/21andsensory

Sophie Broadgate is an Autistic Writer, Director and Filmmaker based in Cumbria and Manchester. Sophie's work spans across Narrative, Documentary and Art Film. She started her career in production, working as a Production Assistant and independent Producer. As a Producer she has seen her work screen at BFI Flare, Queer Lisboa and Palace International film festival and soon at the BIFA Manchester film festival. Over time Sophie has transitioned to work more as a Writer / Director, focusing on personal subjects. Her debut short film “The Water Tower” was developed through “Lost Stations”, a residency programme for artists with Cumbrian roots. The film was produced independently and self funded, later receiving a grant for festival distribution. Sophie is currently developing a slate of short films with the aim of moving into features and has been working on addressing accessibility in the film industry for autistic people. Sophie's Links: https://vimeo.com/746584398/3cca8c8bed⁠https://vimeo.com/585812370⁠https://vimeo.com/287058565pikaiafilms.co.uk @sophiebroadgate My 21andsensory links: ⁠www.instagram.com/21andsensory⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@21andsensory⁠⁠www.youtube.com/c/21andsensory⁠⁠21andsensory.wordpress.com⁠⁠twitter.com/21andsensory

On todays episode I have the lovely Allie Mason. Now you may remember I’ve had Allie on before (see episode 23) but if you didn’t listen to that episode here is a quick intro to Allie. Allie studied for an undergraduate degree in Christian Theology and has a masters degree in Education Research from the University of Oxford. Allie has always been an avid reader and now as an adult, writes books that neurodivergent kids and teens, like she once was, can see themselves in. Her non-fiction debut, The Autistic Guide to Adventure, is due to be released by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in March 2023. Allie's Links: My 21andsensory links:

On todays episode I have the lovely Ashleigh Thompson. Ashleigh is 24 and works full-time as a project manager remotely. Ashleigh is Autistic and lives with her boyfriend Charlie who is also Autistic. Now you might know Ashleigh from her fab Tiktok videos @ashleighfare where she has over 35,000 followers. She also has a blog where she talks a lot about her experiences realising she is autistic and has lots of helpful advice (which I'll link below!) Ashleigh's Links: www.ashleighthompson.co.ukwww.tiktok.com/@ashleighfarewww.instagram.com/ashleighfarelinktr.ee/ashleighfare My 21andsensory links: www.instagram.com/21andsensorywww.tiktok.com/@21andsensorywww.youtube.com/c/21andsensory21andsensory.wordpress.comtwitter.com/21andsensory

On todays episode I have the lovely Rosemary Richings. Rosemary is a Dyspraxic Pro writer, editor, author, and neurodiversity advocate. Currently Rosemary is serving on the board of trustees of Dyspraxic Me, a UK-based charity providing peer support for dyspraxics ages 16-25. She is also a founding member of Dyspraxic Alliance, along with a Dyspraxia Magazine Panel member. Rosemary is originally from Toronto, Canada, but moved to Marrakech (which is in Morocco) in 2021. Rosemary is on the podcast today not only to chat about herself and her life but also her book, Stumbling Through Space & Time Living Life With Dyspraxia which was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in September 2022. In it Rosemary shares her experience of growing up dyspraxic, and how it impacts her sense of space, time and co-ordination and a whole lot more which I am sure we'll get onto! Rosemary's Links: My 21andsensory links:

*Trigger warning for this episode - we discuss anorexia throughout* Hi everyone, welcome back to the 21andsensory podcast with me Emily. On todays episode I have the lovely Fiona Hollings. Fi is 25 years old and is currently a psychology student in her third year. She is autistic and has battled with anorexia for a number of years. Fi spent many years in hospital an awfully long way from home - but with time she is getting better. Fi documents her journey on her Instagram, TikTok and YouTube (links below). Fi's Links: Fi mentioned: My 21andsensory links: