Manu Sareen takes the audience through neurodiversity, diagnoses and how we view people who think, sense and react differently. Rather than treating ADHD and autism as fashionable labels, the talk looks at them as ways of thinking, perceiving and being in the world, and at how we can understand differences between people without treating those differences as faults.
He also shares his own story, the relief of finally getting an explanation and the grief of understanding himself late in life. A diagnosis doesn't solve everything, he points out, but it can open the door to understanding, and you still have to learn to live with your patterns, strengths and limitations. The talk moves from personal experience to research: what we know today about ADHD and autism, which myths persist, and how we can create environments where people can actually thrive at home, at school, in the family and at work.
Guests leave with a more nuanced understanding of ADHD, autism and neurodiversity, an overview of the research and the most common misconceptions, and concrete perspectives on wellbeing in family, school and working life.
