The Neurodivergent Perspective

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The Neurodivergent Perspective

The Box

In 2016 Katie McMurray, STH founder, began to open up and ignore the societal barriers that she was experiencing raising a son who is autistic. For many years it was a lonely journey, as it is for many. With this piece, she hoped to build a community of support and inclusion. She posted this on her personal social media and was overwhelmed by the love and responses.  She shares it here in hopes it will help others know they are not alone.  “I know why I have spent my time trying to hide autism, because my son doesn’t fit the box society has put autism in. No one with autism does.”
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The Neurodivergent Perspective

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?