{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"NeuroSpicy At Work ","title":"Education, Misdiagnosis & ND Career Journeys — with Craig Cockburn","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2476,"description":"Growing up autistic in a system that didn’t understand, and how that shaped career choices, confidence and the courage to self-advocate.In this episode, Duena speaks with Craig Cockburn — autistic advocate, technologist, author and creator of “high-performance autistic” frameworks — about what happens when you grow up undiagnosed in an education system that misunderstands everything about your brain.Craig shares his lived journey from early school struggles, sensory overwhelm, misinterpretation by teachers, and repeated failure in rigid learning environments — all the way through to discovering his autistic identity in adulthood.Together, Craig and Duena explore:• Autistic childhoods in undiagnosed generations • How schools misinterpret autistic learning styles • The damage of being labelled “disruptive,” “lazy,” or “not applying yourself” • Why autistic people excel in some subjects but crash in others • Sensory overload, anxiety & shutdown in school environments • How misdiagnosis affects confidence, self-esteem & identity • Autistic strengths: logic, pattern-recognition & deep-focus learning • Why ND people succeed in tech but struggle in corporate politics • Job interviews, hiring bias & workplace mismatch • How self-knowledge transforms career choices • What parents, teachers & leaders MUST understandThis episode is deeply validating for late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD adults who realise only decades later that nothing was actually “wrong” with them — the system simply had no idea what it was looking at.Craig’s story is powerful, intelligent, and wide-reaching — a must-listen for autistic adults, parents, educators, and leaders trying to understand ND learning and working patterns.Guest: Craig Cockburn — autistic technologist, consultant, author and ND advocate.Host: Duena Blomstrom — autistic/ADHD author, Human Debt theorist and workplace culture researcher.⭐ TOPICS COVEREDautism, late diagnosis, education trauma, misdiagnosis, sensory overwhelm, autistic...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XTm0p0hcsKitmGI5yjNZUArF9txT-cFUE343ls3rq8A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZWE0/ZDQ1NmFiZTUzZmMx/ODVkYTBjNzVlMmUy/YWU5NC53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}