Alex Partridge

Yes.

Thank you so much for sharing that.

So he struggled in his early years.

He made changes.

He took a path that was better suited to him.

If you suspect, like he did, that you have some kind of neurodivergence in your life, at that age, to get that confirmation, had he already done some processing and accepted it?

And therefore, at that age, is it more a case of it being some kind of closure?

Yeah, whenever I meet someone who's dedicated so much of their career towards a particular topic, in this case, neurodiversity, I always wonder where their passion comes from.

So what is your mission?

Right.

Yeah, just circling back to the grandmother you mentioned earlier, because I know 85% of the people who listen and watch this podcast are women.

Do you think generally women get diagnosed later in life?

And if so, why?

Gosh, there's a lot there, yeah.

So a young girl with ADHD has to put so much more effort into masking, to trying to fit in, to feel less misunderstood.

Then perhaps she gets misdiagnosed.

Then perhaps she gets told wrong information about how the hormones and the menopause are going to impact her.

By the time they get to you, do you see women that genuinely feel like they're losing their mind, like they've gone mad?

So...

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said women have been let down generally in the medical community and in many areas, particularly in the conversation around neurodiversity and ADHD.