Growing up and feeling like you never fit in. Being told you're too much and not enough, all at the same time. Overextending in friendships, only to end up drained and disappointed.

Charlie shares what life has been like as someone late-identified with autism and known to have ADHD since infancy- then labelled as hyperactive. She speaks about how she has grown through her diagnosis and now supports others who have discovered their neurodivergent identity and are left asking: now what?

Charlie is an authoritative voice on neurodivergence, its strengths, and the flaws of the education system. With a thirst for knowledge and an aptitude for learning, she completed her Master’s and is now undertaking a PhD. She is working to educate business schools on neurodivergence, the accommodations that can be made, and how future business owners and entrepreneurs can create happy, healthy workplaces for everyone.

If you're a people pleaser, are curious about neurodivergence and share struggles with the education system then this episode just might make you feel less alone and help you learn something about yourself.

Connect with Charlie

📩[email protected] or [email protected]

💌 @AutisticCharlie (X)

👩🏼‍💻@autisticcharlie.bsky.social

💻 https://www.betternessmanifesto.org/

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Websites of initiatives mentioned

www.autisticgirlsnetwork.org

www.crae.ioe.ac.uk

www.thebridgingproject.co.uk

www.margate.church

Books and resources mentioned

• Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems) by Luke Beardon

• Rediscovered: A Compassionate and Courageous

Guide For Late Discovered Autistic Women (and Their Allies) by Catherine Asta

• God Is My Hiding Place: 40 Devotions for Refuge and Strength Hardcover by Corrie ten Boom

• How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People by Pete Greig

• Shine, Darling by Ella Frears

• Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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