Episode 105 Writing Neurodiverse Characters by Lived Experience with Sarah Ziegel

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In the last of the mini series on Writing Neurodiverse Characters, I chat with Sarah Ziegel who has lived experience as a mother of 4 boys with autism and other ND traits. Sarah has written and self-published 2 books, her latest of which won her an award. This is a memoir called Marching to a Different Beat, and is an invaluable book for understanding one person's lived experience of neurodiversity.
In this conversation, Sarah and I cover a range of interesting topics related to ND and writing characters who are ND
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