Hear from Nuerodivergent People

    Carrie Beckwith-Fellows - Autism

    Carrie Beckwith-Fellows is a freelance writer from England. She has written for various online publications, including The Huffington Post, Autistica, the National Eating Disorders Association USA and her own blog, where she shares the reality of living with autism and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a complex and life-limiting illness. Diagnosed as autistic at the age of 35 has allowed Carrie to explore the world again from a new perspective. Aware that a late diagnosis can cause issues with identity, relationships and perception, she launched a website that explores the unique post-diagnosis experience to raise awareness and to support other autists diagnosed as adults.

    Hank Green - ADHD

    New York Times best-selling author, YouTube creator, entrepreneur, and well known host of Crash Course talks about his own sensory dysfunction diagnosis and ADHD tendencies.

    Epilepsy

    Meet 6 young adults, and learn a little about their experiences living with epilepsy. Hear about their seizures, their triggers, how others should react when they have a seizure and some of the challenges they have faced.

    Connor - Tourette Syndrome

    Meet Conor, a 29-year-old navigating life with Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological condition that affects 1 in 100 people. Diagnosed at 21, Conor experiences involuntary movements and vocalizations, including coprolalia—the uncontrollable utterance of inappropriate words.

    John Rhodes

    Becoming a physician is hard enough, but MUSC cardiologist John proves that overcoming dyslexia, attention deficit and other processing deficits is not an insurmountable task. John scored zero on his MCAT reading, but is now a cardiologist who performs procedures for children and adults with congenital heart conditions. In 2003 he became the Clinical Chief of the Children’s Heart Center at Duke University Medical Center. He then worked at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida where he was the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital, as well as Director of the Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. In 2018, he joined the MuSC the Operations Director & an interventional specialist for children and adults with congenital heart disease.