Acquiring Life Skills | Lisa Galley
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Mark speaks to the magnificent Lisa Galley, who is an autism consultant and mother of three grown-up neurodivergent children - one 29-year old boy (diagnosed Autistic with a PDA profile), a 25-year old girl (suspected autistic) and a 20-year old boy (diagnosed autistic).In this fun, candid and thought-provoking episode, they discuss the challenges of helping our neurodivergent kids acquire the life skills they need to be able to live independently. As they cover the diverse range of topics under the umbrella of life skills, Lisa offers some valuable (and occasionally comforting) insights into how her kids have acquired skills, such as getting a job, navigating self care, managing money, learning to drive and, ultimately living away from home.LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE: Lisa Galley Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/school_run_mum_autism/ Roblox "Find The Markers" - https://www.roblox.com/games/7896264844/Find-The-Markers-237 Metro Bank - https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/about-us/kids-zone/ Toren Wolf on Learning to Drive - https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6PndheP02Z/ Danielle Jata-Hall (PDA Parenting) - https://www.instagram.com/pdaparenting/ Sara Jane Harvey (Agony Autie) - https://www.instagram.com/agonyautie/ Lisa Galley's Website: https://www.lisagalley.com/CONTACT US If you have any feedback about the show, ideas for topics or suggestions for neurodiversity champions you'd like us to give a shout out to, you can email: [email protected] US Instagram: www.instagram.com/neuroshambles Facebook: www.facebook.com/Neuroshambles Threads: www.threads.net/@neuroshamblesCREDITS The Neuroshambles theme tune was created by Skilsel on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/ 
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