Autism, ADHD & Building Inclusive Systems for Kids with Letitia Andrac – Ep 121

What if nothing was ever wrong with you or your child, just misunderstood?

In this episode, Laetitia Andrac shares how late autism and ADHD diagnosis reshaped her identity, parenting, and mission to build truly inclusive systems for neurodivergent children.

Laetitia Andrac is a five-time founder, bestselling author, and CEO of Understanding Zoe, an AI-powered platform helping parents, educators, and therapists better support neurodivergent children. Late diagnosed autistic and ADHD, she brings lived experience to systems-level change in education, healthcare, and leadership.

00:00:41 – Discovering neurodivergence through her daughter
00:03:00 – Late autism diagnosis and unmasking
00:06:11 – Childhood exclusion and burnout
00:08:42 – Building Understanding Zoe
00:09:14 – Diagnosis as validation
00:14:00 – When unmasking is unsafe
00:17:56 – Neurodivergent strengths
00:22:38 – What Understanding Zoe does
00:29:17 – Productivity and recovery

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Websites:
https://understandingzoe.com/
https://www.essentialshift.co/

LinkedIn:
  / understandingzoe  
  / essential-shift  

Instagram:
  / understanding.zoe  
  / essential.shift  

Connect with Jeremy:
LinkedIn:   / nageljeremy  
Email: jeremy@focusbear.io

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