The NottAlone Podcast17 Kesä 2025

Understanding neurodiversity and mental health

In this episode, Maddi and Orlaith are joined by Rachel Deane for this conversation all about understanding neurodiversity and how it impacts mental health.

Discover what a ‘social rulebook’ is, why navigating change can be especially challenging for neurodiverse people and how to put yourself in a child’s shoes to understand their perspective. We focus on young people’s experiences with autism and ADHD to explore building resilience as a neurodiverse child and we have an in-depth discussion on how society needs to change to better support everyone.

About NottAlone

NottAlone.org.uk is a mental health support resource for people of all ages in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, offering advice and information on a range of mental health subjects, as well as connections to free support services.

NottAlone is for all ages, covering individuals, workplaces and advice on how to support a friend or loved one. There’s a dedicated section of the website for children and young people, their parents/carers and professionals working with them.

Visit the NottAlone website: ⁠⁠⁠nottalone.org.uk⁠⁠⁠

About the podcast

This episode of The NottAlone podcast was recorded by Brendon Gravell at Inspire’s The Old Library ArtsCentre in Mansfield and produced by Jessica Beckwith and Francesca Vaney. Our theme music is the NottAlone song, Not Alone by Alex Mighten.

Find out more about the show: ⁠⁠⁠nottalone.org.uk/thenottalonepodcast⁠⁠⁠

NottAlone is a partnership between Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council and the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.

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