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Week in Neurodiversity – Soccer Star Opens Up About Depression (10/22/16)


The Week in Neurodiversity

The Neurodiversity News Show, hosted by Mike Nickas.

In this episode, a former soccer players discusses depression, a teacher is accompanied on her wedding day by her students with Down syndrome, and have you heard of the award winning documentary about Asperger’s? These stories and more in this week’s episode!

[00:13] Former Republic of Ireland soccer player Jason McAteer discusses his fight against depression on Ireland’s “The Late Late Show.”

[00:32] YouTube star Yousef Erakat opens up about living with bipolar depression.

[00:56] A school teacher accompanied on her wedding day by six of her students with Down syndrome.

[01:25] On the news series “This Morning,” Mark Wright opened up about living with OCD.

[01:51] AASCEND gives the San Francisco Police Department recognition for making a groundbreaking training video on autism.

[02:54] Nicholas Bayfield is a young filmmaker with Asperger’s who has created a short documentary called “Asperger’s Syndrome.” The film has already won six awards.

FOR THE FULL-LENGTH STORIES AND VIDEOS:

Former Republic of Ireland soccer player Jason McAteer discusses his fight against depression on Ireland’s “The Late Late Show.” http://www.joe.ie/sport/video-jason-mcateer-gets-teary-talking-about-his-depression-on-the-late-late-show/562353

YouTube star Yousef Erakat opens up about living with bipolar depression. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/health/turning-points-yousef-erakat/

A school teacher accompanied on her wedding day by six of her students with Down syndrome. http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/19159-students-with-down-syndrome-star-in-teachers-wedding-it-was-a-dream-come-true

On the news series “This Morning,” Mark Wright opened up about living with OCD. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1945297/mark-wright-opens-up-about-living-with-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/

AASCEND gives the San Francisco Police Department recognition for making a groundbreaking training video on autism. http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/210100612-story and http://www.aascend.org/?p=1734

Nicholas Bayfield is a young filmmaker with Asperger’s who has created a short documentary called “Asperger’s Syndrome.” The film has already won six awards. https://vimeo.com/172203038

This video is owned by Different Brains Inc, kindly donated by it’s original producer PCE Media LLC.

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Mike Nickas received his Bachelor of Arts in Film and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University in December of 2015, and is currently pursuing his second BA at the University of South Florida in psychology with a minor in education. He is the former host of the online news show The Week in Neurodiversity. He also currently works for Dr. Mike Rizzo’s Child Provider Specialists in Weston, FL.