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Podcast: Life's Work
Episode: Episode 14: A Beautiful Mind - Sophie Maude
Description: At school, Sophie-Maude Turner used to hide in the bathroom from bullies who made her life hell, mocking her for being different. As a young girl, suffering with multiple disorders on the autistic spectrum, including ASD, OCD, Tourette’s, Anxiety, and ADHD, Sophie found school unbearable. Other kids would trigger her tics with key words they knew set her off, which increased her anxiety and exacerbated her obsessive compulsive disorder. Most days would end with her returning home in tears.   The lack of understanding and empathy from children, as well as teachers, resulted in Sophie’s paren...