🎤 Live show news! Kate and Nic are bringing Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws to the stage for a live podcast recording at Gosforth Civic Theatre on Thursday 21 May 2026. ⁠You can book your tickets here!⁠

After spotting a Department for Education video claiming to show an “inclusive classroom”, Kate and Nic unpack what inclusive education actually looks like versus what systems say it looks like.

From SEND funding structures and EHCP realities to home education fears, tribunal delays and impossible academic expectations, this episode explores the gap between policy language and lived experience for neurodivergent young people and their families.

This isn’t a doom-and-gloom episode though. Alongside the realities, they also explore what is within people’s control: community, knowledge, self-understanding and support networks and why those things may matter more than any official system.

Moving house has sent Kate into a deep, all-consuming hyperfocus on getting rid of stuff. Not the moving part – the chucking part.

In this episode, Kate and Nic talk about why letting go of objects can be surprisingly hard for neurodivergent people, from sentimentality and anthropomorphising things, to executive function, recycling rules, inherited scarcity thinking and the sheer logistics of “doing the thing”.

They explore hoarding versus minimalism, ADHD deadlines, Swedish death cleaning, archive boxes (yes, archive boxes), and why knowing something is there can be just as stressful as seeing it.

Along the way, they share practical reflections, gentle validation, and a few new mantras for life, including:

If in doubt, hoy it out.
If you don’t know, let it go.

As ever, this isn’t about doing decluttering “right”. It’s about being kind to yourself while navigating change, overwhelm, and the complicated emotional lives of objects.

It’s 2026, Kate is in a teddy bear onesie, and we are asking a big question: am I actually ill, or is this burnout in disguise?

In this episode, Nic and Kate talk about that fuzzy overlap between being physically unwell and being completely out of spoons. Kate shares how a virus forced her to confront her own ideas about rest, why staying in bed with comfort TV can still feel like a battle, and how Claude the AI ended up giving very sensible sick day advice.

If you have ever wondered whether you are allowed to stop, or felt guilty for not being “ill enough”, this one is for you.

It’s Christmas Day and Nic and Kate are taking a festive detour: re-imagining A Christmas Carol through a neurodivergent lens.

Inspired by a brilliant story written by Nic’s child when they were 10, this episode explores the ghosts of Autistic Past, Present, and Future: from Victorian institutions and ABA therapy to today’s endless diagnosis debates and the worrying rise of “neurodiversity-lite.”

Nic and Kate talk about what a truly autistic-friendly future could look like, why advocacy feels like it’s at a crossroads, and how hope still sits underneath all the frustration.

Perfect listening if you’re hiding in the bathroom for a sensory break, escaping the dinner table, or just fancy spending Christmas with two familiar voices.

Merry Christmas!

Only 3 in 10 autistic people are said to be in work, but that statistic hides a much bigger story.

In this episode, Nic and Kate talk about how “voluntary experience” can sometimes slide into unpaid labour, why big corporations need to stop treating autistic workers like charity projects, and how employment systems often reward masking over merit.

Expect honesty, humour, and a few choice words for capitalism along the way.

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Do autistic people just notice more… or is there something genuinely spooky going on?

In this Halloween-timed episode, Nic and Kate pick apart the myths and reality around “psychic” autistic people; from Trump’s Tylenol claims and paracetamol panic to pattern-spotting, vibes, Hitler’s chair, and the infamous Telepathy Tapes.

They share their own uncanny experiences, how hyper-awareness can look like mind-reading, and why even sceptics sometimes find themselves spooked.

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Sometimes the hardest thing about being neurodivergent isn’t the challenges themselves, it’s the people who think they’re being helpful but really… aren’t.

In this episode, Nic and Kate talk about the red flags to look out for, from outdated language like “with autism” to tokenistic “neurodiversity light” initiatives, and the all-too-familiar superpower clichés. They share their own experiences of what actually feels supportive, what definitely doesn’t, and why good intentions aren’t enough without genuine understanding.

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In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Nic and Kate talk frankly about the feeling that life is held together with wobbly scaffolding and what happens when it all falls down.

It’s also about recognising when the systems that are meant to help often just add to the load and how hard it is to keep advocating when you're already running on empty.

Important note: we’re moving to a monthly schedule, with new episodes released on the last Thursday of each month. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next one.