Living an autistic and ADHD life. What's it really like? I explore how I feel the world differently and challenge the myths, the misunderstanding and the misconceptions.
I am not sure that society understands the many ways that people feel, and hear, and see the world differently. And I would like us to change that.
The negative language and lists of deficits and impairments drive the stereotypes and make people reluctant to recognise or identify that they may be neurodivergent or neurodifferent. I am autistic, ADHD and dyspraxic but so many other conditions and issues affect neurology. Some we are born with and some, like depression, anxiety, PTSD and CPTSD, we acquire through life and trauma, abuse and accident.
Autism stories from around the world. My research for my Post Grad Diploma in Autism Studies with the National Autistic Society sadly highlighted that we are not really seen and heard. And when we are, it is often not in the way that we want, and need, it to be. The fact that we are…
Autism ADHD and so much more. 