This week on The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support (NACHOS), we explore what sustains us through the chaos and calm of neurodivergent life.

From the anniversary of the world’s first roller coaster to groundbreaking research on brain health, memory, movement, and speech, this episode takes you on a journey through the unseen patterns that help us feel safe, connected, and whole.

Hosted by Dr. Adam Hazlett, this week’s conversation includes:

– A personal announcement about presenting at Yale’s Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY) Summer Camp

– New research on the brain’s response to movement, rest, and sugar-coated protection

– The power of memory in hunger regulation

– Real-time brain-computer interfaces giving voice back to people with ALS

– A rethinking of time, not as minutes passed, but as meaningful moments

If you’ve ever felt out of sync with the world, unsure how to measure progress, or in need of a reminder that your rhythms are valid—this episode is for you.

Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Your pace is real. Your story is valid. And the traces you leave matter.

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Welcome to NACHOS: The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support. In this episode, recorded during Pride Month, Dr. Adam Hazlett explores the radical roots of Pride—not just as a celebration, but as an act of resistance. Through the lens of neurodivergence, disability, and community care, we ask: What does it mean to take a side? And how do we stay close to our people in a world that often demands we fall in line?

From Elie Wiesel’s urgent reminder about the dangers of neutrality, to reflections on Jay Timothy Dolmage’s Academic Ableism, to the surprising lessons of friendship from baboons and the return of a beloved diplomatic cat, this episode weaves together stories of voice, accountability, belonging, and joy that refuses to be quiet.

We also examine the troubling shift in autism research funding and the ethical challenges of AI in content creation, all while holding fast to the idea that care is a strategy—and that inclusion begins with intention.

Whether you’re working on a final project, organizing for justice, or just trying to move through the world with a little more grace and honesty, this one’s for you.

🎤 Featuring:

• The radical legacy of Pride

• What baboons teach us about friendship and social movement

• Academic ableism and reimagining access through micro-accommodations

• Misinformation, AI, and media ethics

• Palmerston the cat’s diplomatic comeback

• NIH funding cuts and the fight for neurodivergent research integrity

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Bias hides in plain sight—from the data sets that train our AI to the tiny sighs that shut neurodivergent voices down. In this NACHOS episode, Dr. Adam Hazlett traces that thread through a whirlwind of stories: AI experiments that amplify prejudice, orangutans whose recursive alarm calls upend what we call “language,” the neuroscience of why tickling works only when someone else does it, a nostalgia study that shows memory as emotional first aid, and a landmark UK ruling that turns a manager’s exasperated breath into a legal case for disability discrimination. Each segment asks one big question: how do we stay human—and humane—inside systems that keep forgetting what humanity looks like?

Ready to dig deeper? Reflect on your own everyday rituals Miner‑style, step back early for National Leave Work Early Day, and rethink work‑life boundaries that honor every mind’s rhythm. Share your takeaways in the comments and let’s interrupt the bias loop together.

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