Most Highways Voices episodes explore innovation, leadership and technology. This one explores something even more powerful: the determination of one remarkable woman who refused to let life tell her “no”.
In one of the most moving and inspirational conversations Highways Voices podcasts have ever recorded, transport planner Lynsey Michell Turner shares her extraordinary journey from a childhood dominated by severe epilepsy, an abusive home life and repeated discrimination to building a successful career in the highways sector. She reveals how schools failed her, why employers repeatedly turned her away and how she was even advised to hide her disability to find work.
Rather than giving up, Lynsey fought back. Through evening classes, apprenticeships and sheer persistence, she carved out a career in transport planning, earning recognition from both ITS UK and the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation along the way.
As well as an incredibly personal story, the episode carries an important message for employers across the highways industry. Lynsey explains why organisations should think differently about apprenticeships, neurodiversity and disability, arguing that with the right support they can unlock exceptional talent.
If you’ve ever wondered what resilience really looks like, this is a podcast you won’t forget.
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