Mormon and Neurodivergent (Autism and ADHD) - Paul Martinez | Ep. 1986
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2025
⏱️ 181 minutes
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Summary
Join us to hear the story of a Mormon convert named Paul Martinez who reflects on his life as an LDS Church member who obtained both a high functioning autism and ADHD diagnosis later in life. Specifically, Paul discusses how being neurodivergent can make someone vulnerable to abusive relationships.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | I'm your host, John DeLinn. |
| 0:04.9 | It's January 21st, 2025. |
| 0:07.6 | And today we are going to be having a guest who is talking about navigating neurodivergence. |
| 0:17.2 | In this case, I'll call it high functioning autism slash ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| 0:26.1 | Yeah, close enough, John. |
| 0:28.1 | Within the context of a high-demand religion and also within the context of an abusive relationship, how to self-advocate, and also |
| 0:40.3 | sort of maybe achieving or obtaining some of these neurodivergent diagnoses as an adult later in life. |
| 0:51.3 | And because I know it's really common people now obtaining ADHD and |
| 0:58.4 | or autism diagnoses as adults and then reflecting back on maybe signs that people missed when |
| 1:06.0 | they were young. But that's that's what we're going to be talking about today on Mormon Stories. |
| 1:10.1 | Margie's here as co-host. |
| 1:11.7 | Hey, Margie. |
| 1:12.2 | Hi there. |
| 1:13.4 | And our guest today is Paul Martinez. |
| 1:16.6 | Yeah, pleasure to be here, team. |
| 1:17.6 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:18.9 | From the sun, no, wait, is Florida the Sunshine State? |
| 1:22.3 | Florida, Diego. |
| 1:23.6 | What's California? |
| 1:24.6 | California, Golden State. |
| 1:25.9 | Bear State, Golden State. |
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