Sonia Gray

Dave Cockhill has been instrumental in improving access to information and treatment in this part of the world.

But he's always looking forward, and I'm interested to know what's next.

And one of the big challenges is reaching young people who are exposed to a lot of misinformation on social media.

Next time on No Such Thing as Normal, how well is neurodivergence recognised and supported here in Aotearoa?

And what is the lived experience of families?

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It's as impressive as it sounds, basically a super powerful magnet, tens of thousands of times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field.

I was entering the scanner as part of a study exploring something deceptively simple, fidgeting, and how it might actually help the ADHD brain.

Inside the scanner, it is extremely noisy.

Not a fun experience, but the study itself is huge, so the discomfort is worth it.

Four years ago, when I lay in that scanner, the findings were in their early stages.

Now, the results have the potential to make a real difference, not only to how we diagnose this neurotype, but to how society views those of us who are the daydreamers, the fidgeters, the interrupters, the complex but wonderful people with attention deficit hyperactive disorder.