🎙️ In this episode of Intersecting Voices, Chris Niklasson opens up about life on the margins — navigating autism without an official diagnosis, facing racism and bias in the job market, and enduring 1.5 years of homelessness while trying to survive and build a better future.

💡 Chris shares:

• How autism shows up for him — from photographic memory to social challenges

• The emotional and practical toll of masking to fit in

• The barriers to getting a formal diagnosis and why it matters

• The impact of systemic failures — from social insurance to hiring discrimination

• Why he started his own marketing company to create the inclusive workplace he’s never had

This conversation is honest, powerful, and deeply human — especially if you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit the system you’re expected to thrive in.

🎧 Tune in to better understand the intersection of autism, identity, job insecurity, and hope.

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In this episode of Intersected Voices, Jose Moraes — maritime leader and advocate for inclusion — joins us to explore the many ways ADHD can present and how it intersects with culture, leadership, and parenting.

Diagnosed with ADHD at 13, Jose shares how he developed coping strategies like channeling hyperfocus and staying physically active. I contrast this with my own later diagnosis in adulthood — a journey familiar to many women whose ADHD often goes unrecognised because it presents more quietly.

We also discuss:
✨ Parenting neurodivergent children and supporting their needs
✨ The challenge of emotional regulation for both parents and kids
✨ Adapting ADHD traits across cultures — from Brazil to Canada to Scotland
✨ How empathy and self-awareness strengthen leadership and inclusion

This is a powerful conversation about the lived experience of ADHD — personal, cultural, and intergenerational — and how we can turn difference into strength.

What happens when you know there’s more in you than others see? Mark Freed, cofounder of Men for Inclusion, shares how undiagnosed dyslexia, class identity, and gender roles shaped his journey.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Dyslexia: struggles, strengths, and how school support has changed

• Masking to fit in at work — and the cost of it

• The impact of coming from a working-class background

• Building inclusive workplaces that don't ask people to change who they are

• Gender stereotypes, parenting, and why inclusion benefits everyone — especially men

• How Men for Inclusion is helping change the culture

• Why listening to your inner voice can lead to powerful change

💡 For anyone who’s been underestimated — or is parenting someone who has — this is a must-listen.

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