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“I prefer Mummy to you, Daddy. She doesn’t shout at me!”
That moment of blunt honesty from his autistic son, Jay, sent Mark Allen on a journey to rethink the kind of parent his neurodivergent children actually needed.
A lapsed comedian, host of the Neuroshambles podcast, and parent of three neurodivergent children, Mark reflects on his shift from angry, shouty Dad to a more compassionate, collaborative caregiver.
In this session, Mark explores how traditional ideas of masculinity can clash with the needs of neurodivergent children and how small changes in understanding behaviour can make a big difference.