The Neurodivergent Perspective

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A Letter to My Therapists: What is wrong with me?

Amelia #actuallyautistic, vulnerably explains her experience with therapists, who had good intentions, but missed what was needed. "We avoid labels like ADHD, OCD, Autism, PTSD like the plague. It enforced, that even you, see them as a badge of everything I can't do." Rather than badges and labels of deficits, they can also be those of empowerment.

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The Neurodivergent Perspective

What is Neurodiversity? And Sidenotes.

You or someone near you is likely to be neurodivergent. Thank goodness for that neurodiversity. My life would not be the same without it, and neither would yours. For most, it’s better because of it. What is neurodiversity?

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