Laura Crowley on Autism: "I spent a lifetime knowing I was different"
Today we are joined by the amazing Laura Crowley to talk about Autism Spectrum Disorder with a particular focus on women and girls. Laura is an Author, Lecturer and Autism Consultant with over twenty-three years' experience in this area. Laura founded Laura Crowley Connect in 2014, an Autism Consultancy where she provides educational resources and training events for families and professionals, and mentoring of teenagers. Laura has also been a Lecturer on the Diploma in Autism Studies in UCC for nine years, a course which she was very involved in developing. Laura herself was identified as autistic at the age of forty after having her children, so she can speak from very personal experience about why autistic girls have been so overlooked and why so many women are realising they are autistic later in life. Laura says she spent a lifetime knowing she was different and after being identified as autistic she is, "so much happier and self-aware and self-compassionate". We talk about: - What is ASD (autism spectrum disorder) - Different autistic traits in boys and girls - Masking and its consequences - Sensory challenges - Laura's own identification of autism at forty - Pregnancy and parenting with autism Follow Laura's brilliant work: @laura_crowley_connect For more information about autism: https://autism.ie https://asdireland.ie
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Inspiring conversations with a diverse group of women that have achieved great things across different professions. Including guests like Jacqui Hurley, Carol Brick, Ciara Griffin, Louise Galvin, Louise Quill, Elaine Burrows Dillane, Caitriona O' Sullivan and more! We discuss how they achieved their goals or childhood dreams, the sacrifices they made and the resilience they needed to get to where they are now to encourage us all to get the best out of ourselves.
- No. of episodes: 50
- Latest episode: 2024-06-26
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