FASD with Jacob Casson-RennieJacob is 16 years old and lives with his parents in Ireland, who head up FASD Ireland and Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Ireland. Jacob talks to us about living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, FASD.  For Jacob auditory p

Jen Hankin is a musician who composes, teaches and performs. Her creative skills extend to fine arts (digital and watercolour), photography, videography, fashion design and writing. Jen is also autistic and has ADHD.Jen has created a new piece of music ca

Izzie is a journalist and is using her lived experience as a young woman with cystic fibrosis to combat ableism through her writing. In this conversation we discuss how her chronic health condition, cystic fibrosis affects her daily life and how she manag

Chloe Francis has a range of health conditions including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourettes syndrome/Tic disorder, Sensory processing disorder, Vestibular processing disorder and Hypermobility, Anxiety disorder and Sleep disorder.In this conversa

Gemma had a missed early diagnosis of bowel cancer because the doctor believed her to be too young to have cancer at the age of 30.  In the past 8 years she has undergone many operations and treatments and is now stage 4 NED. Gemma is very open about the

Tourette Syndrome and Brazilian Jui Jitsu with Khovan Hussein“With my Tourette's, sometimes my verbal tics can be stuff like swearing, or I might say something that's offensive, but obviously I can't help it. So when I wear the badge outsid

Registered blind with Claire SiskClaire had two strokes aged 29 after which she developed retinal dystrophy and is now registered blind. Following her strokes Claire has had to learn how to navigate in a sighted world and uses her Instagram account CanSee

Tourette Syndrome and Autism with Martin MoxnessMartin Moxness lives in Denmark and has many talents including being a successful Instagram a_different_spectrum and Tik Tok a_different_spectrum influencer, along with being creatively gifted in music and p

Steven Mifsud, MBE, is profoundly deaf and joined us on the Sunflower Conversations to talk about his cochlear implant. This small, complex electronic device helps provide a sense of sound that enables him to hear.Steven explains the difference between a

“And I saw that British Airways most recently became involved in the Sunflower program. And that to me makes a lot of sense”Shannon is an aviation specialist and joins us from Brisbane Australia to share his expertise and insights along with helpful tips