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Clinical psychologist, PhD student and AuDHDer, Aaron Howearth chats about Autism, ADHD and their combination in humans, framed within their lived experience, their work in clinical psychology, and the neurodiversity-affirming paradigm.
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The AuDHD Psych Podcast is part of a longer-term plan to fund and undertake independent research into early intervention programs for neurodivergent children.
Our goal is to eliminate the experience of deficit and disorder by helping neurodivergent children grow to be adults understand their own characteristics simply as differences and choose “good-fit” environments that align with their goals.
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Send us a text “The new year doesn’t need to fix you — you were already doing your best.” In this reflective New Year’s themed episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron and Uma explore the quiet space between years — a time often filled with pressure to reset, improve, and reinvent. Through a neurodivergent lens, they unpack why traditional New Year’s resolutions can feel overwhelming or harmful for autistic and ADHD people, and why slow, values-aligned change is often more sustainable. The conversation ...
Send us a text “The absence of a reminder doesn’t mean the love isn’t there.” In this festive episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron and Uma explore how the holiday season can uniquely impact neurodivergent folk. While celebrations are often framed as joyful and meaningful, they can also bring sensory overload, disrupted routines, social pressure, emotional fatigue, and heightened expectations. Drawing on lived experience and clinical insight, the conversation unpacks masking, burnout, gift-givi...
Send us a text 🎙 Episode 4: Understanding AuDHD: Traits, Truths, & Lived Experience “When I’m told I’m lazy or unmotivated, I start to believe it — and that belief becomes part of who I think I am.” In this episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron and Uma explore what AuDHD can look like beyond stereotypes and diagnostic labels. Aaron shares his lived experience as an AuDHD clinical psychologist, unpacking why ADHD and autism were historically seen as mutually exclusive, how this has shaped di...
Send us a text 🎙Episode 3: Understanding ADHD: Traits, Truths & Lived Experience “You’re not inherently broken. Your characteristics aren’t disordered — they just don’t always match what the environment demands.” Summary: In this episode, Aaron takes a deep dive into ADHD through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. He explores what ADHD actually looks like in daily life, why inattentive and internalizing ADHD is so often misunderstood, and how early labels like “lazy” or “unmotivated” ...
Send us a text 🎙 Episode 2: Understanding Autism: Traits, Truths, and Lived Experience "When viewed through the lens of difference, rather than disorder, we often find that it's expectations that warrant changing, not humans." Summary: In this episode of the AuDHD Psych podcast, Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist, discusses the diagnosis of autism, its characteristics, and some of the lived experiences of some on the spectrum. The conversation delves into sensory overload, the impact o...
Send us a text When viewed through the lens of difference, rather than disorder, we often find that it's expectations that warrant changing, not humans. 🎙️ Episode 1: Understanding AuDHD — The Intersection of Autism and ADHD | The AuDHD Psych Podcast Episode Summary Welcome to the first episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast — hosted by Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist, queer, non-binary, and proudly neurodivergent (AuDHD) individual (the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD). In this powerful...
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