Beyond 6 Seconds Podcast

“Wherever alcohol is consumed, FASD exists. But with awareness, with education, with understanding, we can minimize it.” Hear more from Jessica Birch on my latest episode at https://lnkd.in/ebAgYVhf . #FASD #FASDawareness

In my latest episode, Jessica Birch talks about how getting her Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnosis gave her "hope for a different future." #fasd #fasdAwareness

“What [getting a FASD diagnosis] did was completely change my sense of self. It completely changed my perspective of who I was as a person and how I viewed the world.” Hear more from Jessica Birch on my latest episode at https://lnkd.in/ebAgYVhf #FASDawareness #KnowFASD #FASD

After a lifetime of unexplained physical and mental health struggles, Jessica Birch was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) at the age of 33. Since then, she has been advocating for better FASD awareness, education, interventions and support in her home country of Australia. In this episode, Jessica talks about her life growing up with undiagnosed FASD, her FASD advocacy, and the supports that help her as an adult with FASD. Listen to the full episode at https://lnkd.in/ebAgYVhf . #FASD #FASDawareness #FetalAlcoholSpectrumDisorders #FASDadvocate #FASDsupport #NeurodiversityPride #neurodiverse #NeurodiversityAcceptance

Having a great time at On Air Fest this week! #onairfest Image description: Carolyn smiles in front of a wall that says On Air Fest Brooklyn 2025. She’s wearing a disability pride flag pin and neurodiversity pride pin made by Margaux Wosk Retrophiliac Art.

Malaysian documentary filmmaker Beatrice Leong shares the mental health struggles and misdiagnoses she faced prior to her #autism diagnosis at age 35, her activism for women and girls in Asia, and how storytelling through filmmaking is helping her reclaim her personal narrative. Hear more on my latest episode: https://lnkd.in/eDMNiSZQ

On my latest episode, Beatrice Leong talks about her late diagnosis of autism, and how a lack of information in Malaysia about autism in adult women inspired her activism. Hear more at https://lnkd.in/eDMNiSZQ

Malaysian documentary filmmaker Beatrice Leong talks about the power of candidly sharing your story. Hear more on my latest podcast episode: https://lnkd.in/eDMNiSZQ Text in image is a quote from Beatrice: “ I saw the importance of being able to tell your story your way. It's not about 'my story is the right one' or 'their story is the wrong one,' but to be able to just tell your story, in your way.”

Last year, Beatrice Leong directed a three-minute commercial for Chinese New Year about autism acceptance that was watched all over the world. After watching the commercial a few times (while shedding a few more tears than I'd like to admit), I knew I had to interview her on my podcast! Beatrice is a Malaysian entrepreneur and documentary filmmaker who based the commercial on her struggles growing up as an autistic girl. She was surprised to hear how deeply it resonated with girls and women around the world, whether they were autistic or not. On this episode, Beatrice describes the origin story behind that commercial, as well as the mental health struggles and misdiagnoses she faced before her autism diagnosis at age 35. She shares how the lack of adult autism resources in Malaysia inspired her activism for autism and for women and girls in Asia. We also discuss the power of bravely sharing your own story – and how she’s depicting her story fully for the first time in "The Myth of Monsters," the full-length feature film she's developing. Listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/eDMNiSZQ

“Although music is my expertise more than #autism advocacy, I find that I tend to reach more people with autism content instead of music... but as long as I can help somebody with whatever life experience I have and connect with new people, then I'm happy.” Hear more from Adin Boyer on my latest podcast episode: https://lnkd.in/eVGBqpxA