Do you have someone with Autism in your life? Have you stopped to think how life is different for them? Or how you can help them? In this episode, Mike speaks to Alex, a young lad with Autism who was diagnosed during the pandemic as well as Chris from Door84, a charity offering an innovative, welcoming and stimulating environment that offers children, young people and the community a wide range of social and developmental opportunities that are supportive, challenging and fun. This episode explores the systems we have in place for everyday life like education and the health system and how they interact with people with Autism, are they set up to help these people? Do they understand Autism? 

Discussion:

• Alex’s journey into learning he had Autism

• How did the diagnosis change things for Alex?

• Are health professionals always clear in how they communicate with people with autism?

• What is the best way to communicate with people with Autism?

• How emotional intelligence can really help

• What can be better in the education system for people with Autism?

• What can mainstream education learn from speciality schools?

• Hyper-obsessions and OCD and their relation to Autism 

• What Door84 is and how you can get involved

Useful links

Charity Website - https://www.changing-lives.org.uk

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChangingLivesCharity/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/changing-lives/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/changinglives__

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCunNO1s09d4mcb6lsjcI68Q

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/changinglives_uk/

What is your perception of the Gypsy and Traveller communities? Is it a positive or negative one? It is an unfortunate fact that the Gypsy and Traveller communities are discriminated against in the UK. In this episode, Mike speaks to Violet Cannon, the CEO of the York Travellers Trust and Chase, a 14-year-old traveller who lives in York and has been learning Maths and English skills through the York Travellers Trust alongside his roofing career with his father. The two guests speak to the ‘Together With Young People’ host Mike about the challenges they face in everyday life. 

Discussion points:

• What happens with Gypsy children and their education

• Is there any kickback from the education systems or schools on how Gypsy children are educated?

• Chase flips the interview and starts asking his own questions

• Learning life skills at the York Travellers Trust (YTT)

• Police history with Gypsies

• What police relationships are like nowadays with Gypsies

• What can the police do to bridge the gaps with Gypsies at the local level?

• Why you shouldn’t be putting all Gypsies in the same category

• How YTT helps the community

Useful links

Charity Website - https://www.changing-lives.org.uk

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChangingLivesCharity/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/changing-lives/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/changinglives__

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCunNO1s09d4mcb6lsjcI68Q

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/changinglives_uk/

On this episode, we are talking about Race inequality and inclusion. This is a big topic which can be an entire podcast of its own so I invited 2 guests to help with the subject; Zara, a third year Education student from London who is looking to become a primary school teacher and is particularly interested in how teachers and the education system can be more inclusive for children of colour. My second guest  is Sambiro-Grace, a health and wellbeing coach for mothers, author of `Navigating Mommy-hood’ and is passionate about the disparities that exist in maternal services. We discuss what more can be done in the city of York to help minorities to be/ feel more included in our community. On this episode we also cover the following;

Discussion:

• What is racial inequality?

• The importance of community and a sense of belonging

• How does primary school fit in terms of inequality?

• Showing diversity in children’s content from day 0

• Diversity in York and the diversity university brings

• Feeling like a minority for the first time

• Diversity in York hospitals

• How can we break the cycle of non-diversity in places like York? 

Useful links

Charity Website - https://www.changing-lives.org.uk

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChangingLivesCharity/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/changing-lives/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/changinglives__

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCunNO1s09d4mcb6lsjcI68Q

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/changinglives_uk/