The NeuroCog Podcast is a clinically grounded, deeply human conversation about autism, neurodiversity, and how we understand the brain—beyond labels, beyond stereotypes.
Hosted by two leading clinicians and a Savant systems thinker, NeuroCog bridges cognitive assessments, diagnosis, and lived experience. Each episode explores how neurological differences show up in real lives—and how understanding those differences is essential for situational clarity and self-awareness leading to meaningful support.
The first season focuses on differential diagnosis: what it is, why it matters, and how the right framework can change outcomes for individuals, families, and clinicians alike. This is not a podcast about “fixing” people—it’s about understanding brains, honoring stories, and building supports that actually work.
Whether you are navigating diagnosis, supporting a loved one, or working in mental health, NeuroCog offers insight that is rigorous, compassionate, and practical.
Meet the Hosts
Dr. Myah Gittelson, Psy.D.Clinical Psychologist Founder, Gittelson
Psychology Services
Dr. Myah Gittelson is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in early childhood development, autism spectrum disorder, and differential diagnosis across the lifespan.
She is the founder and clinical director of
Gittelson Psychology Services in
Valley Village, California.
Her practice provides consultation, diagnostics, social groups, parent workshops, and medication/nutritional guidance to support the child and family system via a collaborative
team approach.
Dr. Jay Tarnow
Board-Certified Psychiatrist National Authority in
Self-Management Disorders
Dr. Jay Tarnow is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with over four decades of leadership in clinical psychiatry, research, and healthcare systems design. He is a Life Fellow of both the American Academy
of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the
American Psychiatric Association.
A nationally recognized authority on ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and psychosomatic illness, Dr. Tarnow has...
Neil Hughes
Neil is a Savant with Autism. Founder, N-SCP
Neil Hughes is by definition a systems thinker being a Savant with Autism and the founder of N-SCP.
A neurological assessment tool created from the belief that people aren’t broken—they’re responding. It’s a tool designed to help individuals slow down, observe their internal landscape,
and make sense of how stress, emotion, and cognition interact in real time.
By turning lived experience into structured insight, N-Scp gives language to what’s often felt but
rarely understood—creating clarity, self-trust, and
a path toward regulation instead of judgment.
why neurocog matters
Getting an ASD diagnosis in many ways can be a limiting, and often confusing, factor in a family’s path to finding answers to behavioral challenges for Neordivergent children. NeuroCog Podcast is designed to unlock assessments full potential to support families and the systems they interface with; Medical, Educational, or Vocational. Even the family facing the Judicial System will benefit from this conversation.
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Kids deserve compassion from the assessment process.
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Parents need tools to support and language to leverage success from a report.
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Clinicians and Educators need perspective on the problem of assessing for labels leading to stereotypes.
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Everyone needs clarity on what it means to be different, not less than.
NeuroCog exists to close the gap between diagnosis and understanding.
Between clinical knowledge and lived reality.
Between treatment and true support.
This podcast is for people who want more than surface-level explanations—and for those ready to think differently about the brain.