Show Notes
Send us Fan Mail I'm so excited to have my long term friend Rachel Worsley join us on the OpenHearted Podcast. On this episode, we will be talking about - The importance of evidence based neurodiversity resources. Please check out the questions below to see what we will be talking about during the show. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself. 2. Tell us a bit about your work. 3. What is an evidence based resource? 4. Why are evidence based resources important? 5. What are the issues with non...
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