Kathryn Ryan speaks to Susan Haldane, the head of Mind Over Manner - an organisation which uses the power of theatre to help people understand neurological disorders like ADHD and autism.
We invited some of her actors into RNZ’s Auckland studio to demonstrate what goes on in the minds of people with neurological conditions and how parents and caregivers can respond.
The internal thought process of people with different neurological conditions:
A demonstration of the build up to a meltdown:
How to positively recover from a meltdown: