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June 3, 2025
5:22 pm
“It’s Not Just a Phase”: Helping Identify OCD in Your Children
Self-advocate Emily Carter explores how OCD can appear in children, and why parental understanding...
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October 22, 2024
10:00 am
OCD in College: How to Combat the Obsessions & Thrive in School
Student and Self-advocate Emily Carter shares 5 tips for for thriving in college with...
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August 20, 2024
5:16 pm
Neurodiversity Is Not a Pathology
Self-advocate Sean Ivins shares his perspective on neurodiversity acceptance, and why it shouldn't be...
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December 15, 2023
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Traveling With Neurodivergent Kids This Holiday Season? Don’t Leave Before Reading These Tips
Jessica Leving offers tips to help neurodiverse families travel with minimal stress this holiday...
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May 11, 2023
7:16 am
The Gray Truth: Helping Truth-Tellers Navigate ‘White Lies’
Wendy Lyman discusses the challenges her truth-telling neurodivergent son has coming to terms with...
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July 30, 2022
10:10 am
Why I Consider Myself ‘Differently-abled’ — Not Disabled
Autism, OCD, and ADHD self-advocate Jordan O’Kelley shares why he sees neurodiversity as a...
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December 14, 2020
2:44 pm
OCD Has Made History, And So Can You!
Emily Carter highlights the role people with OCD have played throughout history, and offers...
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August 17, 2020
12:00 pm
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ali’s Journey With ADHD & OCD
Ali, 21, shares his story about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and how having...
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April 11, 2020
8:30 am
How Two Tennis players with Autism Found Love
(3 min 22 sec) In this episode: we look at a new treatment for...
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February 13, 2020
4:02 pm
Supporting Neurodivergent College Students, with Drs. George & Oksana Hagerty of Beacon College | EDB
(32 mins) Beacon College’s Drs. George and Oksana Hagerty discuss how they support neurodivergent...
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June 27, 2019
11:34 am
The College Living Experience, with Stephanie Martin | EDB 155
(VIDEO - 22 minutes) In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Stephanie Martin,...
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April 30, 2019
10:53 am
How Traveling Has Helped my OCD
Autism self-advocate Eric Zimmerman discusses the challenges posed by his co-occurring OCD, and how...
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March 19, 2019
3:32 pm
The Evolutionary Advantages of Mental Illness
Comedian and mental illness self-advocate Frank King discusses how he feels the abilities that...
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February 12, 2019
12:35 pm
New British TV Show Features Main Character with OCD
Channel 4, a British public-service television station, recently started broadcasting a show about an...
Andrew Barry
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December 27, 2018
2:50 pm
2018 in Review: Advice From The Self-Advocates | EDB 153
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November 12, 2018
2:40 pm
Brain Training May Help Battle OCD Symptoms
A recent study gave evidence that even just one week of brain training could...
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August 14, 2018
3:51 pm
A Back to School Survival Guide for Different Brains
Resuming classes after summer vacation is always an exciting and often stressful event for...
Reuben Friedlander
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July 13, 2018
3:31 pm
Does Less Sun Mean More OCD?
A new compilation of data assembled at...
Reuben Friedlander
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June 12, 2018
3:42 pm
Former NHL Goalie Shares His Experiences with OCD, PTSD, and Depression
Clint Malarchuk, a former goalie in the National Hockey League active from...
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April 11, 2018
4:29 pm
Living with OCD and Autism
Eric Zimmerman discusses his how he has taken control of his dual diagnoses of...
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October 31, 2017
2:44 pm
Researchers May Have Discovered Genes That Are Linked to OCD
The NRXN1 and REEP3 genes have also had a significant role in studies on...
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October 28, 2017
9:00 am
Yellow Pumpkins Raise Disability Awareness for Halloween – Week in Neurodiversity (10/28/17)
(3 mins 23 sec) In this episode, yellow pumpkins highlighted children with disabilities, a...
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October 6, 2017
8:22 pm
How Video Games Can Aid in Finding the Roots of OCD
Investigators assembled forty-nine individual volunteers—24 with OCD and 25 matched controls—to play videogames in...
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September 8, 2017
10:57 pm
The War Within: Battling OCD on the Autism Spectrum
Aaron Bouma discusses how having both autism and OCD has affected his life, both...
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August 17, 2017
4:42 pm
“Stranger Things” Star Discusses Her OCD Diagnosis
Emmy nominated actress Shannon Purser has recently spoken out about body image, mental health,...
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July 28, 2017
4:14 pm
An Educator’s Guide to OCD in Children
Leah Davies, M.Ed. gives tips and tools for educators working with children that have...
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July 19, 2017
12:55 pm
Reaching “Critical Mass”: Supporting Autistic Individuals to Achieve Their Goals
Aaron Bouma, a Canadian advocate with autism, explains how having a core group of...
Aaron Bouma
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July 14, 2017
8:40 pm
Drug that Enhances Metacognitive Performance May Help Treat Symptoms of OCD and Schizophrenia
According to a recent study, a drug known as propranolol may be able to...
Megan Baksh
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May 1, 2017
7:20 pm
Autism, OCD, & Anxiety: Treating Co-Occuring Conditions, with Dr. Rebecca Sachs | Spectrumly Speaking ep. 5
(33 mins) In this episode, hosts Dr. Lauren Gerber and Becca Lory speak with...
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April 15, 2017
2:28 pm
Can Yoga Ease Autism-Related Anxiety? – Week in Neurodiversity (4/15/17)
(4 mins) In this episode, a yoga class is helping those with autism, a...
Mike Nickas
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March 20, 2017
10:50 am
Is “Fear Reversal Learning” Impaired in People with OCD?
Researchers tested OCD patients in an effort to examine how successful patients were at...
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March 4, 2017
1:44 pm
Can Swimming With Sharks Help PTSD? – Week in Neurodiversity (3/04/17)
(4 mins 5 sec) In this episode: a former hockey player talks about living...
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March 1, 2017
2:20 pm
New Book Attempts to Demystify Compulsive Behaviors of All Types and Severity
Can’t. Just. Stop. An Investigation of Compulsion
attempts to cover the entire spectrum...
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February 7, 2017
4:47 pm
Understanding and Supporting Weaknesses in Executive Brain Functioning
Cheryl Checkers, M.S. outlines how weaknesses in the executive functions of the brain can...
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December 31, 2016
1:17 pm
Defining Neurodiversity for 2017: It’s Different Brains
In our final blog of 2016, Different Brains founder Hackie Reitman, M.D. discusses the...
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December 1, 2016
11:03 am
Canadian Performer with OCD Uses One-Man Show to Raise Awareness
Brendan McLeod, a thirty year old Canadian with
OCD
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November 25, 2016
11:26 pm
Week in Neurodiversity – Michael J Fox & Dave Matthews Jam for Parkinson’s (11/26/16)
In this episode, a student with autism becomes homecoming king, “Aspergers Are Us” takes...
Mike Nickas
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October 29, 2016
1:00 am
Week in Neurodiversity – A Therapy Duck For PTSD? (10/29/16)
In this episode, Amanda Seyfried opens up about having OCD, scientists develop a new...
Mike Nickas
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WEEK IN NEURODIVERSITY
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Depression
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Down Syndrome
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Neurodiversity
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ocd
October 22, 2016
1:00 am
Week in Neurodiversity – Soccer Star Opens Up About Depression (10/22/16)
In this episode, a former soccer players discusses depression, a teacher is accompanied on...
Mike Nickas
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WEEK IN NEURODIVERSITY
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Autism
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Epilepsy
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Neurodiversity
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ocd
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tourette's
June 17, 2016
7:02 pm
Week In Neurodiversity – Dog with Epilepsy the Next Star of Transformers? (06/18/16)
In this episode, a teen with Tourette’s creates a vlog, an author opens up...
Mike Nickas
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WEEK IN NEURODIVERSITY
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apraxia
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Autism
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Epilepsy
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Neurodiversity
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ocd
June 3, 2016
6:40 pm
The Week In Neurodiversity – Do Kids and Adults Have Different ADHD? (06/03/16)
This week- adult ADHD may differ from that of children, twins with OCD under...
Mike Nickas
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WEEK IN NEURODIVERSITY
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Concussions
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Neurodiversity
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ocd
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PTSD
April 8, 2016
9:10 pm
Week in Neurodiversity (4/9/16)
The Week in Neurodiversity highlights recent news stories that speak to the differences in...
Matthew Ryan
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WEEK IN NEURODIVERSITY
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Concussions
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Neurodiversity
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ocd
April 1, 2016
10:55 pm
Autism Acceptance Day Edition of the Week in Neurodiversity (4/2/16)
The Autism Acceptance Day edition of the Week in Neurodiversity highlights recent news stories...
Matthew Ryan
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