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Impactful BillionairesDarren Clark, Neurodiversity StoriesMy next guest is Darren Clark a passionate dyslexia advocate and founder of Neurodiversity Stories, dedicated to driving inclusion through storytelling and strategy. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked with Disney, Netflix, and PepsiCo, helping organisations create neuroinclusive, high-performing workplaces. A former Tesco Regional Director, Darren now specialises in culture transformation, inclusive leadership, and business growth, empowering companies to embrace neurodiversity for lasting impact. Music: Purple planet Music.2025-04-1000 min
PromovaHow to learn languages when you have ADHD & Dyslexia with Darren Clark | ProIn this episode, we chat with Darren Clark, a renowned neurodiversity consultant who has worked with major organizations such as Netflix and HSBC. Darren is also a global partner for the International Dyslexia Association, an ambassador for the British Dyslexia Association, and an advisor to the UK government's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Specific Learning Difficulties.
We delve into the unique challenges dyslexic individuals face and discuss how our app’s innovative features are designed to support their success.
Promova is dedicated to creating an inclusive and empowering learning environment for everyone. Tune in to learn ho...2024-10-1749 min
Neurodivergent MatesPersonal Branding for Neurodivergent Professionals - Darren ClarkSend us a textJoin us on this episode of Neurodivergent Mates as we welcome our special guest, Darren Clark. Darren will be diving into an essential topic: Personal Branding for Neurodivergent Professionals. Whether you’re navigating your career, building your business, or simply looking to make a mark in your industry, personal branding is crucial. Darren, who is an expert in this field, will share valuable insights tailored to the unique strengths and challenges that neurodivergent individuals face. Learn how to harness your authentic self to create a brand that stands out an...2024-08-191h 05
Dyslexic Life with Jo Rees THE PODCAST!S2 EP2. Darren Clark - dyslexia and travel and a great tip for the workplace.Send us a textThis season I decided to interview and hang out with some of the dyslexic people in my world, and bring you their experiences of dyslexia in everyday life!Still aiming to normalise what it feels like to be dyslexic, share our dyslexic experiences and errors, hopefully making you the listener feel less alone. In this episode I interview Darren Clark, the OG Dyslexic Influencer, and founder of Neurodiversity Stories. Travel problems comes up a lot in this podcast, and Darren shares some great top tips for managing dyslexia in d...2024-08-1523 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Creating A Neurodiverse Workforce !Delighted to welcome my final guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Daniel Brooke - Neurodiversity Specialist
Topic of talk - Topic - Creating A Neurodiverse Workforce !
I founded the company Neurodiversity Specialists to provide organisations with the knowledge and tools to benefit from having a neurodiverse workforce, and to understand the value of neurodiversity.
Come and join us to hear Daniel's incredible story by clicking on the link :
My aim with Neurodiversity Stories is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different...2021-09-2755 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Overcoming My Dyspraxia ChallengesDelighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Lucy Kemish
Topic of talk - Topic - Overcoming My Dyspraxia Challenges !
Lucy was Diagnosed with a subarchnoid cyst in 1999 and as a result diagnosed with dyspraxia. Physical challenges such as stairs (this was a big one growing up) and planning such as essay writing, this is still really difficult for her, One of the biggest challenges is that it is invisible You don't look like you struggle. In 2008, Lucy took on the biggest challenge she had to that...2021-09-1845 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Understanding Dyslexia From A Neuroscience Perspective!Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Vic Williams - NeuroCoach, Speaker & Author
Topic of talk - Topic - Understanding Dyslexia From A Neuroscience Perspective!
Our talk will be around understanding dyslexia from a neuroscience perspective. How it impacts business and personal development. Specifically talking about personal development, overcoming self-doubt, working through the things people have said about dyslexics, creative thinking, getting comfortable with reading in public, setting personal development challenges, accountability to a group of people who care.
Come and join us...2021-09-0655 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Speaking on the Gloria de Piero’s show, on Times Radio about DyslexiaAbsolutely delighted to be speaking on the Gloria de Piero’s show, on Times Radio
In this discussion I shared my Dyslexia story and the personal battle being neurodiverse!
A massive thank you to The British Dyslexia Association for setting this up and for Times Radio to give such an Incredible platform to help share our message.
(All recordings are property of Times Radio) 2021-09-0128 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later in life!Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Keisha Adair Swaby(BSc First Class Hon)
My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later in life!
Mother, Wife, Inspirational Speaker, Radio Diamond Presenter, Jamaica Parish Ambassador, Project Operations Manager for the Northwest, Founder of Empowering Dyslexics, creating awareness of Dyslexia and Dyspraxia.
Topic of talk - Topic - Late Diagnosis - Overcoming challenges
My Dyslexia and Dyspraxic journey and the challenges that comes with being diagnosed later...2021-08-3053 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Living with Neurodiversity when you are NeurotypicalDelighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Kelly holbrook
Topic - Living with Neurodiversity when you are Neurotypical
Kelly Holbrook - Founder & Managing Director at Holbrook Global Training 🔹 MSc HRM 🔹ACIPD 🔹BA (hons) Eng Lit🔹 Corporate and SME business and training specialist 🔹 Alongside the daily running and growing of the global training business, I specialise in Human Resource Management and the strategic planning and integration of HRM within business, and have completed an MSc in HRM at the University of the West of England. 2021-08-1647 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Can the Neurotypical design products for the Neurodiverse ?Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Topic : Can the Neurotypical design products for the Neurodiverse ?
Stuart Marsden - Experienced project management professional and Chartered Engineer with a PhD in bio-engineering.
Designers and engineers don't always make solutions to their own needs, and have to develop skills to learn to understand what users require. Those making solutions for the neurodiverse aren't always neurodiverse themselves, and even when they are, they'll have different needs and different views. We want to talk about empathy and sympathy and experience, and...2021-08-0954 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Victim of bullies and an education system that branded him stupid because of his DyslexiaGrowing up in the 1990s, secondary school was a nightmare for him. The victim of bullies and an education system that branded him stupid and brutalised his sense of self-worth, one of the most astonishing things about Darren is that he isn’t bitter or angry. He just wants to make the world a better place for neurodiverse people – somewhere that values the neurological differences that give people unusual perspectives and the capacity to think outside the box. Darren was not diagnosed with dyslexia until he was 37, but even if he’d had the diagnosis it’s possible it wouldn’t...2021-08-0713 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in certain fields, especially engineering and tech.Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Aaron Swan - Topic of talk - "Dyslexia is my strength and is a great advantage in engineering and tech. I
got thinking about the reasons why I am such a sociable person. Is it innate or did I, at some point, make the choice to be that way? I came to some conclusions and realised that my dyslexia had a huge hand in the way I have ‘turned out’. As cliche as it is, although I am not defined by dyslexia, I certainly am made...2021-08-0448 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙"How Being Dyslexic Helps Me To Explain"Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories Stories
Dann Casswell - Company Director: Creative Connection Animation Studio
Topic of talk - "Writing Out-loud How being dyslexic helps me to explain."
I’ve always been a communicator. Since school I’ve always loved explaining complicated things in a way that people can understand, often with relatable metaphors that can put abstract ideas into the real world. I love watching them ‘get it’. In school people who sat next to me would always go up a set, while I stayed w...2021-07-2451 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Do you believe ADHD is “naughty boy syndrome”?Delighted to announce the next guest for Neurodiversity Stories Stories
Becca Francis - Agile Coach
Topic of talk - "My ADHD Journey"
My ADHD journey and being diagnosed at 34 and how it’s impacted me and the challenges I have faced. There is still so much education and awareness we need to provide and dispel the myths and stereotypes that exist regrading ADHD. I firmly believe it's my superpower , yet also incredibly frustrating at times - but I wish I had known about mine years ago.
...2021-07-2153 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙From Disguising To Thriving With DyslexiaDelighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Emma Downer MBA
Topic of talk - "From disguising to thriving with dyslexia"
I was 17 when I discovered I was dyslexic, but it wasn't until I was 28 and I met a dyslexia coach that I fully accepted being dyslexic as part of who I am. Being educated on dyslexia opened up an entirely different and better way of managing the way I work and how I exist in the world. Its now integral in my work as a DIY Educator and...2021-07-1149 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙"I found school humiliating, confusing, and frightening. And it was this that drove me to becoming a teacher"Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Martin Bloomfield
Topic of talk - "Dyslexia: Teaching, Studying, and the Consolation of Philosophy"
Like most people with dyslexia, I was the bottom of the class in most subjects at school. I found school humiliating, confusing, and frightening. And it was this that drove me to becoming a teacher - for two reasons: first, that I wanted to make sure others didn't suffer like I did; and second, that I was excellent at being creative and communicating ide...2021-07-0752 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙My biggest goal was to enable students not to suffer from anxiety and putting themselves downDelighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Cassandra Rollett-May
Topic of talk:
I went from class teacher to SENDCo to running my own business of educational consultancy and tutoring . I decided to become a teacher early on to support students like myself and my biggest goal was to enable students not to suffer from anxiety and putting themselves down.
My aim with Neurodiversity Stories is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙 ...2021-06-2151 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Dyslexia and how the strengths that come from having dyslexia can be nurtured and supportedDelighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Karen Cousins - Music and Dyslexia Educator, Coach and Author of Dyslexia and Success.
Topic of talk: Dyslexia and how the strengths that come from having dyslexia can be nurtured and supported.
I understand Dyslexia from every angle, as a specialist music and dyslexia teacher, a parent of 2 children with dyslexia and personally. This has led to me producing Dyslexia and Success: The Winning Formulas. I’m on a mission to get a copy of the book into all state secon...2021-06-1851 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Dyslexia and being a mechanic that become an engineer.Delighted to announce the next guest for Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Matthew Head - Senior Vehicle Design Engineer and Founder of Dyslexia Hacks.
Topic of talk: Dyslexia and being a mechanic that become an engineer.
Matthew is a life long dyslexic (He got statement at 6 years old). Fell out with education after college at 18 and spent most of his early 20’s as a lorry mechanic, at 26 he gave all up abs went to uni and got a masters degree in engineering. Now he design's high performance cars, so desig...2021-06-0649 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙How playing to your strengths can give you a better window of opportunity.Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
David Anson - Senior Auditor
Topic of talk: How playing to your strengths can give you a better window of opportunity and how that has worked for me.
David will also touch topics such as resilience and grit but expect strengths will be the main theme. He will discuss how playing to your strengths can give you a better window of opportunity and how that has worked for him. David will share elements of his story such...2021-06-0247 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙We have the power to change how we see neurodivergent humans and how neurodivergent humans see themselves.Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories
Guest: Christine Ramsay, CDP (Certified Diversity Professional)
Title: We have the power to change how we see neurodivergent humans and how neurodivergent humans see themselves.
In this talk we guide neurodivergent humans to unlock their inner genius and superpowers through a holistic approach to wellbeing, which shatters mental health stigma and enables neurodivergent humans to feel seen, heard, valued, celebrated, and loved so they may continue to thrive and contribute their unique gifts to our world. One starting way...2021-05-2452 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Diagnosed Dyslexic & ADHD and my reflections on why this is not talked about in the Asian community.Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌
Kim To
Title: My journey as a British south East Asian women being diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD in early to late 20s and my reflections on why this is not talked about in the asian community
Kim will be discussing her journey/ experience of being diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD later on in her adult years and reflect on what this experience is like from and British south East Asian perspective. Mental health and Neurodiversity is not really talked about in her community so...2021-05-1548 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Are We All Born Dyslexic?Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Guest: Olive Hickmott
Topic of talk: Are we all born dyslexic?
Olive had many Dyslexic and ADHD traits all her life. She will tell the story of how she changed her own experiences and taught 1000s of others through a network of trained practitioners, across the world. After 20 years in the world of neurodiversity, where she advocates for the strengths of these exceptional people, she has become one of the world leaders in understanding the connections between mental imagery and a whole range of...2021-05-1052 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 12 🎧Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Guest: Kieren Windsor
Topic of talk: A parents experience of their son's ADHD
We are always looking for personal stories of Neurodiversity from all angles and we are delighted to welcome Kieren to understand a parents experience of his sons ADHD.
Come and join us to hear Kieren's incredible story.
My aim with Neurodiversity Stories is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙
Plea...2021-05-0146 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 11 📚Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Tricia Cook, MEd, RSP, AOG, Online Dyslexia Tutor, Author
Title: Overcoming My Dyslexia By Realising It HAD To Happen
Tricia will share her story :
"I was held back once and almost twice. Diagnosed in second grade. I thought ‘I was stupid, couldn’t do anything right and everyone hated me.’ Never saw any gifts of dyslexia. Retrained my brain to learn at 38. I thought all was going to go my way- I could learn but...2021-04-1952 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 10 🎧Delighted to announce the next guest for my Neurodiversity Stories 🙌
Sally Coles-Robertson SRSH 📖
Title: "Women Entrepreneurs & Employers in the Workplace"
My motto and mission are: “there is always a way to seek the common good”.
I want to leave a legacy and urge women with this diversity, to lift you up onto a pedestal and cheerlead all the other hidden ADHD women. They are out there in the millions waiting to shine. I used to feel robbed, as a young woman whose life was supposed t...2021-04-1149 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 9 🎧Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌
Beatrice Freeman
Story Title : "Different And Highly Valuable - The Autism Spectrum"
Beatrice's shares her own experience and own conclusions and advice how to work with us. The autism spectrum hasn't got a clearly defined picture; you could say the the common denominator is that there isn't a common denominator. This is because all of us have done a different amount of work to overcome the challenges, with a different rate of success, and started at a different point, with with different sen...2021-04-0544 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 8 📚Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌
Mark Stoddart Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland.
Story Title : My life with Dyslexia
Mark Stoddart is an Ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland.
For the past 30+ years he has been designing & selling, what you would call, functional art: Bronze Sculptures converted into coffee & dining tables for use indoors & outdoors. he not only sell's within the UK, he also ship's his designs to clients over the world. Some of my clients are very well known i.e. The man who walked on the...2021-03-2848 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 7 🎧Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌
Liz ( Day ) Loly - How Neurodiverse children have taught me so much.
As a trainee PE teacher, Liz became interested in dyspraxia and chose to do an assignment about what it is, the effects of it and how to help a child overcome some of the challenges. Then in her first teaching job, she taught a dyslexic boy who she thought was so inspiring and positive in the way he coped with his difficulties. However, on the first parents evening when Liz said thi...2021-03-2053 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 6 📚Delighted to announce the next guest 🙌 Catrina Anne Lowri - Why it’s important that all teachers have an understanding of Neurodiversity.
Catrina is dyslexic and a bipolar teacher who hid her diagnosis until very recently. Since she started to talk about it more it’s led her to a whole new perspective, new career as an educational mentor and coach and a better understanding of her own needs.
My aim is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙
...2021-03-1557 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Dyslexia Discussion on the Times Radio Show with Gloria de PieroDelighted for our founder of Neurodiversity Stories Darren Clark to speak on Times Radio to Gloria de Piero.
In this show they discussed about Darren's story off undiagnosed dyslexia and only finding out at the age of 37, the show also included other stories of incredible individuals who all shared their own experiences of dyslexia.
All recording and images are owned by Times Radio and Wireless Group Media (GB) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 03949697 and/or any of its subsidiary undertakings...2021-03-0725 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 5 🎧Thinking Differently an Autism and Dyspraxia Journey
Jack Fitzpatrick is an incredible individual who is doing truly wonderful things in the Neurodiversity World. In this interview Jack explains how he has worked with an incredible Organisation and implemented systems that will help Neurodivergent staff succeed.
Alongside this we discuss the following:
Early diagnosis of Autism and Dyspraxia
Early years education – support from physiotherapy and OT Gaining educational support
LSA one to one Developing coping strategies – dealing with change, communications , self...2021-03-0648 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙We need relatable hero's when we are Dyslexics.We need relatable hero's when we are Dyslexics.
Some of us struggle to connect with the multi millionaire as it just seems too far away.
I am interviewing more people like Darren Clark who was a trolley boy at his local supermarket and worked his way up the ranks. He escaped to start his own business and support dyslexics across the world.
Let's not make this too worked (we are dyslexic you know) and enjoy the video.
Join our Free 'private' Adult...2021-03-0117 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Living With Ess Struggling with un diagnosed dyslexiaDarren Clark struggled in school with undiagnosed dyslexia but is now an Ambassador of the British Dyslexia Association.
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2021-03-0112 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 4 🎙I'm absolutely delighted to share with you our next guest Robert Keates Robert will share his journey of being in arts and how he embraced the culture he was in and worked to find his power within his dyslexia which is now fuelling his future as a transformational coach specialising in dyslexia. Also this will bring up how as a society the belief is that people with dyslexia will thrive within the arts and how that limited view is toxic to the progress of the person. This has influenced his research into creating a model...2021-03-0148 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 4 📚I'm absolutely delighted to share with you our next guest Robert Keates
Robert will share his journey of being in arts and how he embraced the culture he was in and worked to find his power within his dyslexia which is now fuelling his future as a transformational coach specialising in dyslexia.
Also this will bring up how as a society the belief is that people with dyslexia will thrive within the arts and how that limited view is toxic to the progress of the person. This has influenced his research into creating...2021-02-2748 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Monthly Parenting Programme by Julie , with special guest Darren Clarkits the monthly Parenting Programme by Julie This week
The show will be looking at the subject of Dyslexia with special guest Darren Clark who was not diagnosed until his Thirties .
We will hear of his experience and then look at tips and strategies for parents of dyslexic parents .2021-02-2141 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Episode 3 🎧Im absolutely delighted to share with you our guest Suzy Taylor
Suzy explains:
I am one of the people who acquired dyslexia/dyspraxia. I can link this back to the illness I had as a child.
I was diagnosed as a child as dyslexic. I did not know about the dyspraxia till later in life. I had an accident after my work one day. This was through a badly parked van. I did not see the car and was knocked down. I broke my leg 3 times and...2021-02-2146 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories Episode 2 📚Im absolutely delighted to share with you our second guest Richard Semmens
Richard will be sharing his own lived-experienced of Autism & ADHD (and late diagnosis in his 50's), He is now running a social enterprise which supports hundreds of families with Neurodiverse children.
I can't wait to hear this story and would welcome anyone who would like to know more about Autism and ADHD to come and join us.
My aim is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neurodiversty 💙
...2021-02-1348 min
The Alternative Path with David RobsonDarren Clark - Dyslexia Influencer Changing perceptions for Neurodiversity globally through speaking, training, and consulting.Having only been diagnosed with dyslexia in his late thirties, Darren left school with no qualifications and had to work extremely hard to earn his previous position as regional manager for one of the largest food retailers in the UK. Darren decided that raising awareness for dyslexia was paramount for it to be recognised early and wants to inspire in every generation the knowledge that dyslexia is a superpower that allows you to see things differently, and you can be successful regardless.“I really struggled at school, no matter how hard I tried I just didn’t seem...2021-02-0837 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Neurodiversity Stories 🎙 Episode 1Neurodiversity Stories 🎙 Episode 1
Im absolutely delighted to share with you our first guest Katherine Nicholls
Katherine shared with us how she deals with Dyscalculia and the steps that she has taken managing this will inspire you.
I can't wait for you to hear this story and would welcome anyone who would like to know more about Dyscalculia to give it a watch.
If you would like to appear on one of my Neurodiversity Stories then please contact me
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My aim is to educate, inspire and motivate people to see a different side to Neu...2021-02-0745 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙Protesters , Armed Guards, Boarding The Wrong Plane And Travelling With My DyslexiaHave you ever got on the plane ✈️ and then asked to get off and then have armed guards point their guns at you 🤦🏻♂️
This is just some off the adventure that happened to me last year while traveling to Malawi 🇲🇼 to raise awareness for dyslexia
Check out the podcast 🎧2020-11-1700 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙An Entrepreneurial Journey - Part 1We left off from episode one with Darren having left school with no qualifications, desperate for a job and to find some self worth. Finally he lands himself a 12 hour per week job with Sainsbury's pushing trolleys, after being somewhat flexible with the truth of his grades. Today we discover how that journey took him from that position to a regional manager for Tesco, and his continual battle with depression and imposter syndrome. 2020-05-1228 min
Neurodiversity Stories 🎙A schoolboy error!In this first episode Kelly Holbrook interviews Darren Clark who shares with us a frank account of being a child with un-diagnosed dyslexia. We explore the crime, violence and bullying alongside the stereotyping he faced growing up, and the detrimental effect this had on his mental health.2020-05-0523 min