Neurodivergent Narratives

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not quite as present as it seems
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that's not quite true, but sometimes we think it is
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fixing what was never brokenThe way that blame seeps through our sense of self and distorts the ways in which we learn to accept ourselves, is very insidious. I don’t think…
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a kid’s story.
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uncertaintyNeurodivergent people learn to betray what we’re certain are our own needs in hopes of fitting in. But we’re never certain that we’ll actually g…
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lets rethink “ND strengths” lists too, ok?Neurodivergent strength lists written for the fabulous additions we bring to schools and workplaces have become really unsettling for me lately.…
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on seeing more than what we’re not
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goals?!Many neurodivergent people have spikey profiles, an above average ability or talent in a certain subject area or skill while (significantly) str…
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am i being medicore enough? “I’m doing the best with what I have,” hits differently when I think about how this society shames us into hiding what it deems as the “unaccept…
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aren’t we all a little creative thou?It’s always felt a bit off to me that so many neurodivergent people like to say how creativity is a neurodivergent strength. It’s not that I don…
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superpowered. powered out.Neurodivergent people live with dysregulated nervous systems so often that we’ve learned to see hyperfocus as being in flow & I can’t stop think…
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when i finally admitted that maybe it wasn't perfectly natural after all
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