NeuroChatin
Created by Lancaster University Management School and Neuro DropIn • 4 episodes
NeuroChatIn
NeuroChatIn is a straight talking, big hearted podcast about what it really means to live with a neuro diagnosis. The shock. The grief. The masking. The dark humour. The tears in the car park. The moments of unexpected strength.
We talk honestly about the “what now?” stage, the friendships that wobble, the relationships that stretch, the everyday wins that feel huge, and the stuff nobody warns you about. Nothing is brushed under the carpet and nothing is too small to matter.
Created in collaboration between NeuroDropIn and Lancaster University Management School, this podcast blends lived experience with insight and research. Hosted by Sharon Jackson, of NeuroDropIn, and Dr Leighanne Higgins and Ayesha Alam of Lancaster University, we bring real voices to the mic, alongside guest contributors who live and work with neuro conditions and those who support them every day.
Stories are shaped by conversations at NeuroDropIn and from the wider community. If you have ever felt blindsided by diagnosis or unsure how to move forward, these chats are here to help you feel less alone and a little more steady on your feet.
Leighanne is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. She is interested in and researches the barriers to marketplace and commercial settings for those living with disability. She began work in this area in 2016 and has built extensive insight and expertise into the access inequalities facing the disabled community in retail, healthcare, transportation, and tourism & hospitality. Since 2019, she has been working on the collaborative and art-based project: The Marketplace and I: Commercial Experiences of Disability Explored through Art (M&I). Leighanne became aligned with Neurodropin in 2020 and began working with them shortly afterwards in her research. She has been a Trustee at Neurodropin since 2022.
Sharon is founder of Neuro DropIn, a registered charity based in Lancaster that supports people affected by neurological conditions. When Sharon was diagnosed with MS and needed assurance, help and advice, it was largely unavailable likewise treatment . Finding her own way by trial and error led her to dream up Neuro DropIn and here we are with the award-winning charity approaching its 15th Birthday.