Word for Word

18 Nov 2023

Sonny Jane Wise

ADHD, Autism, LGBTI Community, neurodivergence, Society & Culture

Lisa Daniel’s guest on this episode of Word for Word is Sonny Jane Wise.

Sonny Jane Wise is a non-binary, multiply neurodivergent & disabled public speaker, advocate, content creator and author.
Sonny was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD as a child and grew up only hearing a deficit narrative about their neurodivergence. Since then, they have gone on to build an audience of over 100,000 people online, have written The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills and the new book We’re All Neurodiverse. Sonny Jane and has worked with organisations and services around Australia and the world to help change the narrative around neurodivergence and create a more neurodiversity affirming society.

Word for Word is hosted by Lisa Daniel on JOY Media, produced by Ellen Spalding, Dave Samuel and Vaughan McCarthy.  This episode originally aired on November 18th, 2023.

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