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Inclusion in the Neurodivergent World: IWD 2024

Today is International Women’s Day 2024. The theme for International Women’s Day this year is “Inspire Inclusion”. And while in the context of neurodivergent women there are so many interpretations of this that are applicable, the one that is often overlooked is initial inclusion in the neurodivergent community itself. There is a general consensus amongst the neuroaffirming medical and research communities that girls have been – and still are, to a lesser extent – underdiagnosed[…]

Happy Tail: The Magic of RRE

I’ve got a happy tailI’ve got a happy tailHappy tail, happy tailI’ve got a happy tail. – Tumpty, Tilly & Friends, CBeebies When it comes to neurodivergent children’s negative reflexive behaviours, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) is frequently mentioned. It is the dysphoric emotional (and sometimes physiological) response to rejection, real or perceived. This can include perceived criticism, ostracism, teasing, insults, interruption, and almost any other slight. The response generally is understood to be out of[…]

Perfectionism: The impossible Goal

When you have unmanaged ADHD, there is a constant sense of failure. Forgetting appointments, losing things, feeling overwhelmed, time blindness, silly mistakes… it never ends. And when you try to fight against these failing, you find you are fighting against all apparent failings. The line between “I mess up because I have ADHD” and “I’m imperfect because I’m human” is not just blurred; it is invisible. And so, at great cost, many high-masking ADHDers don’t[…]

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