Promoting awareness and acceptance by celebrating difference. Founder Andreia Santos Costa Welcome to the Neurodiverse Voices Podcast! My name is Andreia. I am the mother of a beautiful autistic daughter, for which I take a huge pride. She is my rockstar, giving me joy and happiness every day despite any challenges we face. But being her mother is not the only thing that defines me. During the pas
t 12 months, both my personal and professional lives have been generous with me, by giving me the opportunity to truly find myself. Four days a week I work for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford as a Project Manager for the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre with a focus on academic research to deliver innovation in mental, cognitive and brain health research. On Fridays, I am the Parents Ambassador at Oxford Creators, an alternative education provision for SEN children who are at risk of or excluded from schools. From an early age, I have been fascinated with radio and its magic and although my career took me through a different path, my dream lived until today. And here I am, releasing my own podcast while living my purpose of helping improving lives (even if indirectly). My aim is to be the voice of my daughter and other neurodiverse people, other parents and professionals through their own lived experiences. Bringing visibility to these super stars, who most of the times behind the scenes make a huge impact on neurodiverse lives. My goal is to increase neurodiversity awareness, but most importantly to promote acceptance by sharing ideas to redesign this world of ours that does not seem to accept difference. I have many, but I will leave you with this one:
"Alone we can do little, but together we can do so much"
