Tim Goldstein draws on his background in business and business management, sales and marketing, and various developer and manager roles in the tech industry. Tim's unique autistic view point combine with his ability to clearly express the most complex ideas make him the world's only Neurodiverse Communication Specialist.Tim discusses a range of issues faced by the autistic and neurodiverse adult in all facets of life drawing from both his experience after being diagnosed with Asperger's at a ...
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Listen in as Tim "lectures" his good friend Dr Rhonda More about communication
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No, this is not another podcast that simply ends without getting any new episodes. But I have been dealing with some life complications and as is not unique most of it dealt with ever present drama of being employed. I could go on about the details but will simply say that the company culture I so loved at my job is simply a memory as they have mad…
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Unique Twist, Ed Thompson of Uptimize.com is the Host and I, Tim Goldstein is the Guest!
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Ed Thompson from Uptimize.com and I go back to the early days when the few involved were focused on Autism at Work. This episode is a unique twist in that Ed is the host and I am the guest! This came about because Ed had me as a guest on the Uptimize fireside chat webinar series. The content came out so well I asked Ed if I could use the audio as a…
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Danny Combs Founder of T.A.C.T., CoFounder of Colorado Neurodiversity Chamber of Commerce, former Nashville Musician & Music Teacher - Episode 2
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This episode continues Tim's chat with Danny. After years of hearing about Danny and T.A.C.T., we catch up with Danny Combs. Danny was a successful Nashville Musician and a Music Educator and then an idea struck him that completely changed his life. Generations of Danny's family built great careers working with their hands in the trades. He recogni…
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Danny Combs Founder of T.A.C.T., CoFounder of Colorado Neurodiversity Chamber of Commerce, former Nashville Musician & Music Teacher - Episode 1
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In this episode, after years of hearing about Danny and T.A.C.T., we catch up with Danny Combs. Danny was a successful Nashville Musician and a Music Educator and then an idea struck him that completely changed his life. Generations of Danny's family built great careers working with their hands in the trades. He recognized that not all autistic ind…
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Tim Talks with Autism & ADHD Coach Genie Love About Dealing With the Problem Not the Label
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I had a very enjoyable and informative conversation with Genie Love. While Genie's background is in special education where she worked extensively with high school students, it also has some very interesting twists and turns that helped create the unique perspective she brings to her coaching of adults. One point that came up which I believe in dee…
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Tim Welcomes Angela Powell and The Discuss Her Son Charlie and the Organization She is Creating, Mad Charlie In
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This was a super enjoyable episode to record for multiple reasons. Angela Powell has a super upbeat and infectious personality which is a great start. Based on her families experience with her son Charlie and the way the medical culture and schools systems recommended she learned that at least for Charlie the approaches were ineffective at best. On…
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Tim Goldstein Talks With Karen Simmons About Her Involvement In Autism Awareness Since 1972 Episode 2
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Here is the bio Karen sent me. Having known her for a number of years I can assure you it is very modest compared to the contributions she has made and the people she has helped. In our chat we cover some of the other things Karen has done which are not reflected in the below bio. In 1998, Karen Simmons a mother of seven, founded Autism Today, the …
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Tim Goldstein Talks With Karen Simmons About Her Involvement In Autism Awareness Since 1972 Episode 1
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Here is the bio Karen sent me. Having known her for a number of years I can assure you it is very modest compared to the contributions she has made and the people she has helped. In our chat we cover some of the other things Karen has done which are not reflected in the below bio. In 1998, Karen Simmons a mother of seven, founded Autism Today, the …
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Tim talks with Peter Mann, Former Naval Officer, Dell Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, and adult diagnosed autistic Episode 2
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Peter and I had a great time talking. I am convinced I would have a great time handing out with him! Below is his formal bio. Peter Mann is the CEO & Founder of Virginia-based Oransi, a leading air purification company known for its efficient, intuitive and reliable products for consumers, schools, organizations and businesses. He also is the Chair…
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Tim talks with Peter Mann, Former Naval Officer, Dell Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, and adult diagnosed autistic Episode 1
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OPPS, Sorry if you got a corrupted download. I was trying some beta software and somewhere along the way missed a very poor file. A new clean version is now available. Peter and I had a great time talking. I am convinced I would have a great time handing out with him! Below is his formal bio. Peter Mann is the CEO & Founder of Virginia-based Oransi…
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Tim talks with Theo Smith, Author, Speaker, Consultant, and Creator of the Top Neurodiversity Evangelist list - Episode 2
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Theo Smith is the co-author of the Business Book Awards Winner for best book in DE&I ‘Neurodiversity At Work: Drive innovation, performance and productivity with a neurodiverse workforce’. He’s worked in the recruitment and employment sector as a leader for over 15 years. He brings plenty of lived experience to ND at work, as someone who associates…
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Tim talks with Theo Smith, Author, Speaker, Consultant, and Creator of the Top Neurodiversity Evangelist list - Episode 1
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Theo Smith is the co-author of the Business Book Awards Winner for best book in DE&I ‘Neurodiversity At Work: Drive innovation, performance and productivity with a neurodiverse workforce’. He’s worked in the recruitment and employment sector as a leader for over 15 years. He brings plenty of lived experience to ND at work, as someone who associates…
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Rebecca Beam from Zavikon.net and Tim Goldstein Talk About Employment for Autistics
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I think Rebecca Beam is one of the most knowledgeable people around when it comes to neurodistinct and particularly autistic employment. Starting before it became a "thing" with global tech companies Rebecca was a co-founder of Mindspark which trained and employed autistic individuals to do QA work for major companies. When Mindspark was sold to Au…
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Stacey Ford (he) from nonPareil talks social and skill job readiness and employment with Tim Goldstein Episode 2
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With employment for autistic and other neurodistinct individuals now a very hot topic many different approaches are being tried. There is the Autism, now labeled Neurodiversity, at work efforts of some of the largest companies in the world to small mom & pops. From the other direction there are programs springing up trying to figure out how to trai…
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Stacey Ford (he) from nonPareil talks social and skill job readiness and employment with Tim Goldstein Episode 1
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With employment for autistic and other neurodistinct individuals now a very hot topic many different approaches are being tried. There is the Autism, now labeled Neurodiversity, at work efforts of some of the largest companies in the world to small mom & pops. From the other direction there are programs springing up trying to figure out how to trai…
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A conversation with Dr Lutza Ireland, Making Mental Health and Neurodiversity Approachable to the Masses
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Dr Lutza Ireland is an Autistic/ADHD multi-award-winning social designer, psychologist and international speaker located in Australia. Her design guidelines and trainings have been integrated into national and international organizations looking to build capability for neuroinclusion and mental health. She uses design thinking and co-design methods…
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Maisie Soetantyo is an Autism Support Specialist Who Learned a New Perspective When She Had a Possibly Autistic Child Episode 2
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This is the second episode of my enjoyable and informative discussion with Maisie. If you missed the first episode check it out at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/451957/episodes/11618327 Maisie Soetantyo brings a unique viewpoint to the autism community. She started working with autistic individuals in college and too it up as her career. So she has a…
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Maisie Soetantyo is an Autism Support Specialist Who Learned a New Perspective When She Had a Possibly Autistic Child Episode 1
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Maisie Soetantyo brings a unique viewpoint to the autism community. She started working with autistic individuals in college and too it up as her career. So she has an academic foundation for understanding autism and then many years of working with the autistic professionally. But when she learned her son was autistic it brought an entirely new per…
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Tim Presents a Neurodiversity Lunch & Learn for Uptimize.com
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During the years I have been involved with neurodiversity I have had the opportunity to meet, collaborate with, and become friends with many of the leaders and innovators in what started as the autism at work movement which has evolved to become the neurodiversity at work movement. There were far less of us then. One of those who has been a leader …
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Mel Howton, creator of Planet Neurodivergent - recorded in 2019 and finally released
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Due to life taking me on a journey I wasn't looking for I have some great episodes which were recorded in 2019 and never released. I am finally able to get back to releasing more episodes and am starting with the great unused material I recorded about 3 years ago. Mel is enjoyable to listen too and we went down many paths frequently jumping from on…
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Interviewing and Career Building for the Autistic and everyone else
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This is the audio track of a presentation I did for BACEmploy.com and their students in their LaunchIT program. This program trains autistic adults and veterans with PTSD the technologies to become Google certified. This is an amazing program and Susan who runs it does a wonderful job teaching not only the tech, but the skills to be a successful em…
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Church Mutual Disability Month 2021 Presentation, How Neurodiversity Fits In
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I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to Church Mutual ( www.churchmutual.com ) for Disability Awareness Month. They currently sponsor 2 Paralympic athletes, 1 a skier who uses a wheelchair and the other a track sprinter who is autistic. Last year Church Mutual focused on disabled with mobility challenges. This year they wanted to highlight the …
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Tim Goldstein Learning Nuggets, Sound Bites Recorded for Uptimize
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I think you will enjoy this one as it delivers a huge amount of information is a very short time. Learning nuggets are short recording which deliver an impactful statement or point on a specific topic. This set was recorded for Uptimize in 2018 as video clips. I pulled the audio track to create this episode. As I mention in the introduction I was s…
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Tim Goldstein's pre-panel presentation at DisabilityIn's Jan 2021 virtual conference
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This episode is Tim Goldstein's pre-panel presentation for the Neurodiversity in Tech session at DisabilityIn's virtual conference in January 2021. The panel was just me and Brent Amundson VP HR at Dell Computers. While I can only share this part I think you will still find it interesting and get a lot from it. Disabilityin.org Disability:IN is the…
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Tim and Emma Pinnock Session 2: chat about autism ideas and concepts as from our unique life experiences
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I have known Emma for a few years now. She is truly a special person. I love talking with Emma as I always leave with new insight and approaches. Emma is one of those unique people who understands the autistic mind and the world we live. She brings her understanding of the autistic adult's challenges combine with her vast experience in the educatio…
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Tim and Emma Pinnock chat about autism ideas and concepts as from our unique life experiences
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I have known Emma for a few years now. She is truly a special person. I love talking with Emma as I always leave with new insight and approaches. Emma is one of those unique people who understands the autistic mind and the world we live. She brings her understanding of the autistic adult's challenges combine with her vast experience in the educatio…
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Tim Goldstein Gives an Update on What is Up With Him & Shares a Presentation He Gave at Google
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It has been far too many month since I have posted an episode. There has been a huge amount going on in my life above and beyond all the changes the COVID pandemic has caused. Like many autistics I can easily get overstimulated and drained in the course of a normal day. Between COVID and joining Google through an acquisition and the changes it brin…
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John Richmond: Author, Parent of an Autistic Son, & Observer of Unique Autistic Methods Episode 2
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We continue our chat with John Richmond as he tells us about more adventures and insight with his autistic son. John Richmond is a proud husband and father of three kids, a boy and two girls. His son was diagnosed on the autism spectrum just after his fifth birthday. John holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and is currently a PhD can…
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John Richmond: Author, Parent of an Autistic Son, & Observer of Unique Autistic Methods Episode 1
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In case you were wondering "Where is Tim", I'm back. Long story which of course involves autism. More later, now onto our guest, John Richmond! John Richmond is a proud husband and father of three kids, a boy and two girls. His son was diagnosed on the autism spectrum just after his fifth birthday. John holds a master’s degree in Business Administr…
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Listen as Dr Dave Caudel Executive Director of Vanderbilt University's Frist Center on Autism and Innovation and Tim have an aspie chat, segment 3
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This is the third and final segment of a good long chat Dr Dave and I had. Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent …
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Listen as Dr Dave Caudel Executive Director of Vanderbilt University's Frist Center on Autism and Innovation and Tim have an aspie chat, segment 2
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This is the second segment of a good long chat Dr Dave and I had. Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent of autist…
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Listen as Dr Dave Caudel Executive Director of Vanderbilt University's Frist Center on Autism and Innovation and Tim have an aspie chat
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Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent of autistic children, giving him hands on experience with the childhood sid…
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Tim Goldstein Guest Lectures a Class Session at Cornell University on Interview Challenges for the Autistic
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For the third year in a row I was invited to guest lecture a class at Cornell University. My topic was challenges autistic people face in interviews. It is such a rich topic, unfortunately for many on the spectrum a job interview is a way to decide you "are not a good fit" which in the USA is HR speak for, your not like us and it makes us uncomfort…
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Chris Turner and Tim Goldstein talk about autism at work and their concepts and approaches to improve the problem, segment 3
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Chris Turner is a consultant in Australia that helps companies to become more diverse by adding neurodiverse staff. His slogan is "Neurodiversity Inclusion Made Simple". While Chris deals with all humans regardless of where in the Neuro Cloud™ they fall. This episode and 2 more came from a catch up call we had scheduled. I had just gotten a cool po…
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A wonderful chat with Shelly Dival Autism Building Design Specialist and Churchill Fellow, Session 2
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Shelly and I had such a good time chatting we kept the recorder running and produced Shelly Dival continued. Like many of us that grew up on farms, Shelly has a huge range of skills and has had a number of careers. In her now long running career as a building designer. In Australia architect has a specific meaning, but in the USA we would probably …
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A wonderful chat with Shelly Dival Autism Building Design Specialist and Churchill Fellow
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Like many of us that grew up on farms, Shelly has a huge range of skills and has had a number of careers. In her now long running career as a building designer. In Australia architect has a specific meaning, but in the USA we would probably call her an architect. When her grandson was diagnosed with autism Shelly jumped in to learn all she could ab…
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Tim and Chris Turner from Project Enterprise Coach talk autism during a catch up call
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Chris Turner is a consultant in Australia that helps companies to become more diverse by adding neurodiverse staff. His slogan is "Neurodiversity Inclusion Made Simple". While Chris deals with all humans regardless of where in the Neuro Cloud™ they fall. This episode and 2 more came from a catch up call we had scheduled. I had just gotten a cool po…
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Tim and Chris Turner from Project Enterprise Coach talk autism during a catch up call Segment #2
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Chris Turner is a consultant in Australia that helps companies to become more diverse by adding neurodiverse staff. His slogan is "Neurodiversity Inclusion Made Simple". While Chris deals with all humans regardless of where in the Neuro Cloud™ they fall. This episode and 2 more came from a catch up call we had scheduled. I had just gotten a cool po…
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Social Dynamix Leader, Carol Feldman Bass on Understanding and Helping the Neurodiverse
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Carol has a unique background and a unique understanding of what it is like to be neurodiverse. Drawing on her background as a life coach, group facilitator, divorce mediator, improvisational comic, and actress, Carol’s expertise is in helping people find the confidence they seek to live life to the fullest. In 2011, Carol founded Social Dynamix, a…
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Kari Kelly & Tim Goldstein, Panel Discussion on Neurodiversity Hosted by Looker
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A very special and unusual episode of Life in the Neurotypical Universe. Autism at Work expert and fellow Aspie (inside term for person with Asperger's) Kari Kelly of atypicalworkplace.com and I were hosted by Looker in Santa Cruz, CA for a panel discussion on neurodiversity and autism in the workplace. This episode is a recording of the panel disc…
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Russ Garner Discussing Autism and Autism Traits in the Tech Industry and Explains Backyard Tortoises
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Russ Garner is a Director of Professional Services for a rapidly growing software as a services company. Russ has worked for a range of IT companies and as a consultant for one of the biggest consulting companies. His experience includes working with everything from small IT departments to executives and technology workers at some of the worlds big…
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Diversity Consultant Cornell Woodson Discusses the Intersection of Diversity and Neurodiversity
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Diversity Consultant Cornell Woodson was his normal generous self taking time out of his busiest day to talk diversity and neurodiversity. Cornell shares the wisdom and experience he has gained in his diversity career at NYU, UVM, Cornell University, and in the corporate world. You can reach Cornell at Cornell@BraveTrainings.com and his website Bra…
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