Alex Partridge

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.

Do you think, zooming out and looking at it from a broad lens, do you think women deserve an apology from the medical community around the conversation of neurodiversity?

As I said earlier, Yath, 85% of people who watch and listen to this podcast are women, many of whom are all within this category that we're talking about.

They feel very let down.

What would you hope an audience member might take away from this episode that is a new and refreshing perspective on ADHD?

incredible advice for the listeners thank you so much yeah and speaking of the listeners we do have three very interesting questions from the listeners for you which i'm going to ask you and they're inside the washing machine of woes and it's called the washing machine of woes because they're woes from the audience and in the washing machine because for me it represents memory loss because i always forget my clothes in the machine so i do ask all my guests do you relate to that memory loss you leave your clothes in the machine after the cycle's finished

That's good.

Well, you've made me feel like I'm not the only one now, which is very, very good.