About this episode

In this episode, Nancy Mielle discusses her experiences with early adversity, trauma, and neurodiversity while addressing the challenges of caring for complex children.

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast In this episode I speak to Nancy Mielle, we first chatted in 2023 when she shared her remarkable lived experience. Here we chat about the interplay of early adversity, trauma and neurodiversity. Nancy shares her own experience and we chat about the challenges of caring for complex children. Nancy also shares a poem, its written for those with power of decisions. You can listen to Nancy’s first podcast here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here

People in this episode

Hosts: Al Coates, Scott Casson-Rennie

Guest: Nancy Mielle

Topics covered

• early adversity
• trauma
• neurodiversity
• caring for complex children
• adoption
• fostering

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