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Just Another Neurotype

Monthly talk radio show and podcast about all things neurodivergence.

Across England, 550,000 await an ADHD assessment and 212,000 for autism. In Cornwall referrals are up 20% in two years, with wait times for an autism assessment at around five years and around ten for ADHD. 

 

We live in a world designed largely by and for neurotypical people. Those whose brains work differently are too often failed by the systems meant to support them.

 

  • Too many neurodivergent people don’t understand themselves

  • Too many neurotypical people don’t understand neurodivergence, yet

  • Too few platforms exist for neurodivergent voices to be heard.

 

Just Another Neurotype aims to change that, to celebrate difference, and normalise neurodivergence. Whilst accepting the strengths and challenges along the way.

 

It’s a monthly, hour-long talk show with Vicky Coxhead and Alex Duff that brings honest conversation about what it’s really like to be neurodivergent or live with someone who is in today's society. 

 

Episodes celebrate the beauty and brilliance of the neurodivergent mind, alongside the real, often misunderstood, challenges. 

 

We explore Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and Tourette's by having honest and open conversations with special guests each month.

 

Whether listeners are neurodivergent or neurotypical, Just Another Neurotype is a rare, inclusive, and much needed show about neurodivergence.

 

Broadcast the first Sunday of every month between 19:00-20:00 on CHAOS Radio, it’s also available to catch up on anytime on Mixcloud – all links to previous shows below.

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December 2025

Tigger Pritchard

The one about surviving Christmas, late diagnosis, and neurodivergence in later life.

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November 2025

Down Syndrome Advisory Group

The one about learning disability and how it relates to Down Syndrome. 

 

Francesca Goff, Chloe Perne Angie Emerys-Jone and Ned Talyor-Clague talk about the world-leading work they are doing with government to better help people with Down Syndrome. 

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October 2025

Max & Matt Palfrey

The one about the youngest inventor to pitch to Dragon’s Den.

 

Max Palfrey was just 11-year-old when he pitched his innovation to Dragon’s Den with his dad, Matt. His invention, called the Fidget-T, is a sensory Tshirt, with built in pop fidgets for sensory regulation and is inspired by Max’s own experiences of ADHD and skin sensitivities from his autism.  

 

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September 2025

Gina Rippon

The one about The Lost Girls of Autism. 

 

Brain scientist Gina Rippon uses brain imagining techniques to investigate patterns of brain activity in autism. Her cutting-edge research explores the emerging science of female autism and asks why it has been systematically ignored for so long.

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August 2025 

Nicki Issacs

The one about raising a neurodivergent child when the world won’t bend.

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When Nicki Issacs became a mum, she had no idea she’d also have to become a teacher, case manager, and lawyer to get her autistic and dyslexic daughter an education. Now she’s telling her story in No Filter.

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Show Notes: 

  • No Filter: Raising a neurodivergent child when the world won’t bend, the book.

  • Nicki Issacs website.

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July 2025

Chip Varnell

The one about the link between outdoor exercise and mental health.

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Chip Varnell shares his journey towards an ADHD diagnosis and how his outdoor gym, SWEAT Cornwall, is helping neurodivergent clients improve more than their physical fitness.

 

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June 2025

James Osborne

The one about Nanook the bipolar bear.

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James Osborne, autistic illustrator, musician, and discusses bipolar, depression, and the amazingly creative ways he’s found to talk about it. 

 

Show Notes: 

  • NANOOK the bipolar bear the book by James Osborn.

  • NANOOK the bipolar bear on Instagram.

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May 2025

Marie Ralph-Hutchinson

The one about the most challenging child in Cornwall.

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Marie Ralph-Hutchinson lays bare the fight for support and what happens when your child’s complex needs are misunderstood by the very systems meant to help.

 

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First episode April 2025

Ian Hutchinson

The one about autism assessments, late diagnosis, and art with ‘Laura’ the tortoise.

 

Former NHS autism assessor, CAMHS learning disabilities nurse, Ian Hutchinson, shares his view on rising demand, late-life diagnosis, and how retirement gave him the time and space to rediscover his lifelong love of art and to found Kernow Neurodivergent Artists.

 

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