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NACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E12 - Rest, Resist, Reimagine: The Summer SendoffEpisode Title: Rest, Resist, Reimagine: The Summer SendoffIn this final NACHOS episode of the summer semester, we explore what it means to care for ourselves while standing up for our communities. From cognitive fatigue and microaccommodations to disability rights, inclusive design, and the dangers of policy rooted in fear instead of fact—we’re connecting the dots between self-care and systemic change.Join us as we reflect on:The neuroscience of burnout and mental exhaustionInnovative disability inclusion prog...2025-08-0438 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E11 - Rewriting the Story: Finding Truth in Forgotten SpacesWhat do black holes, medieval medicine, and misunderstood manuscripts have in common? In this episode of NACHOS (Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support), we explore how science, history, and identity are being rewritten in real time. From cosmic voids to neurodivergent communication, join us as we challenge outdated models and reclaim forgotten truths with warmth, curiosity, and compassion.This episode features:Neurodiversity and communicationMicro-accommodations in educationDisability Pride Month reflectionsReframing old stories through new researchAnnouncements about the MDEC Innovation ChallengePlus, affirmations, community up...2025-07-2145 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E10 - Wired for Wonder: Presence, Movement, & Micro-JoysNACHOS—Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support—returns with an exploration of neurodivergent presence, planning, and self-care. Host Dr. Adam Hazlett weaves together insights from Albert Camus and Thích Nhất Hạnh, a Nature Genetics study identifying four distinct autism profiles (July 9 2025), and new research on Monday cortisol spikes, weight-inclusive health, and personality-aligned exercise. Learn why balancing structure with real-time sensory needs can reduce stress, boost regulation, and turn micro-joy rituals into daily medicine. The episode also spotlights Disability Pride Month, July 28 events in Detroit and Lansing, and the Michigan Disability Empowerme...2025-07-1445 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E9 - Care Is Older Than Words: What Animals Teach Us About Being HumanWhat do whale pods, frozen wolf pups, disability policy, and your morning cup of coffee have in common?More than you might think.In this week’s episode of NACHOS (Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support), we trace a powerful and tender thread of care—from prehistoric life to modern disability justice, from psilocybin-assisted therapy to the quiet brilliance of your own brain mapping movement through the world.We explore: What ancient animals teach us about human dignity and belonging A groundbreaking study on...2025-07-0749 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E8: Not to Act is to Act - Bonhoeffer, Neuro-los-osity, and the Courage to LoosenThis Week on NACHOS: “Bonhoeffer, Neuro-los-osity, and the Courage to Loosen”In this powerful episode of NACHOS (Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support), we stand at the intersection of two legacies—Pride Month and Disability Pride Month—and ask what it truly means to speak, act, and become.We reflect on the enduring words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer—“Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”—and explore how they apply not just to moments of historic resistance, but to everyday choices in the lives of disabled and...2025-06-3038 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E7: The Traces That Hold UsThis week on The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support (NACHOS), we explore what sustains us through the chaos and calm of neurodivergent life.From the anniversary of the world’s first roller coaster to groundbreaking research on brain health, memory, movement, and speech, this episode takes you on a journey through the unseen patterns that help us feel safe, connected, and whole.Hosted by Dr. Adam Hazlett, this week’s conversation includes:– A personal announcement about presenting at Yale’s Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY) Su...2025-06-1650 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E6: Pride, Protest, & The Power of Taking SidesWelcome to NACHOS: The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support. In this episode, recorded during Pride Month, Dr. Adam Hazlett explores the radical roots of Pride—not just as a celebration, but as an act of resistance. Through the lens of neurodivergence, disability, and community care, we ask: What does it mean to take a side? And how do we stay close to our people in a world that often demands we fall in line?From Elie Wiesel’s urgent reminder about the dangers of neutrality, to reflections on Jay Timothy Dolmage’s Academ...2025-06-0932 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E5 : The Bias We CarryBias hides in plain sight—from the data sets that train our AI to the tiny sighs that shut neurodivergent voices down. In this NACHOS episode, Dr. Adam Hazlett traces that thread through a whirlwind of stories: AI experiments that amplify prejudice, orangutans whose recursive alarm calls upend what we call “language,” the neuroscience of why tickling works only when someone else does it, a nostalgia study that shows memory as emotional first aid, and a landmark UK ruling that turns a manager’s exasperated breath into a legal case for disability discrimination. Each segment asks one big question: how do we st...2025-06-0242 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E4: More than a MachineWhat if your brain wasn’t broken (like my audio setup was this week)—but beautifully built for a different kind of brilliance?In this Memorial Day episode of NACHOS: The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support, we explore what it means to be human in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and neurotypical norms.From the hidden grooves of the brain to the simulated emotional intelligence of large language models, this episode connects cutting-edge research with lived neurodivergent experience. We ask big questions:Can a robot really understand emotio...2025-05-2636 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E3: Resonance and RevolutionIn this special Malcolm X Day episode of NACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support, we explore the intersection of rhythm, resonance, accountability, and growth through a neurodivergent lens.This episode invites listeners to sit with discomfort, engage in radical self-reflection, and deepen their understanding of how science, music, memory, and justice intertwine in our everyday lives.Topics include:Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) and the courage to reflect and repairNeural Resonance Theory and how music becomes embodied...2025-05-2337 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E2: Where Wrinkles Have BeenWhat if aging isn’t a decline… but a deepening?In this special birthday reflection, we invite you into a heartfelt and science-infused conversation about what makes a good life. Not productivity. Not perfection. Not resisting change.But softness. Connection. Self-care. And the quiet, radical choice to belong — to yourself, exactly as you are, through every season of life.Join us as we explore: 🍎 The surprising science behind fl...2025-05-2333 minNACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and SupportNACHOS S2E1: Lions, Landlords, and the Lie of PerformanceThis week’s NACHOS episode, "Lions, Landlords, and the Lie of Performance," is all about that quiet shift.We explore how ancient inequalities, societal expectations, and modern productivity culture still pressure us to perform for our worth — and why stepping out of that arena is radical, necessary, and healing.If you’ve ever felt like you’re on a stage you didn’t audition for — masking, pushing, burning out just to be “enough” — this episode is for you.You don’t have to slay lions.You don’t have to pe...2025-05-2332 min