Joining Catherine and Pete in S4 Episode 3 in this powerful, and deeply moving episode is Tristan Kluibenschadl.Content Warning: In this episode we talk about sensitive content relating to mental health, suicide, trauma and grief.Tristan comes on the show to share his story of late autism discovery, which came at a time in his life when he was a working as a (former) Senior Police Officer where he spent 32 years working in strategic, operational, and tactical levels within the criminal justice...
Joining Catherine and Pete in S4 Episode 3 in this powerful, and deeply moving episode is Tristan Kluibenschadl.
Content Warning: In this episode we talk about sensitive content relating to mental health, suicide, trauma and grief.
Tristan comes on the show to share his story of late autism discovery, which came at a time in his life when he was a working as a (former) Senior Police Officer where he spent 32 years working in strategic, operational, and tactical levels within the criminal justice system.
Tristan also talks in this episode about his ‘beautiful, kind and funny' autistic son, Stefan who tragically died by suicide in March 2022 at just 15 years old, due to relentless bullying and compounded by failures from the very statutory services meant to protect him.
On 14th February 2024, Stefans Acts of Kindness, STAK life was born, founded by Tristan and his wife Emma out of love to honour their son, which is dedicated to supporting neurodivergent young people & their parents and carers, & providing professionals training to help change the narrative for autistic people in our society.
We are dedicating this episode to Stefan.
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