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Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation

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We Are All Learning: Welcoming Sia

There was a year, around a decade and a half ago, in which my friend and I saw live music most weeks. We saw Sia – either on a stage at festivals like Homebake, or in her own solo gigs – around half a dozen times that year. And while it wasn’t a factor worth mentioning, I always assumed she was neurodivergent. Stimming, atypical social interactions (which we all loved), hyperfixations on glow-in-the-dark paint and[…]

Q&A: Why Does My Child Say They’re Bored?

Q. Why does my kid constantly complain about being bored even when we are busy? Mum of girl aged 5-8 A. It’s a really interesting that this question should come through this week, as I have had this conversation with three separate people in the last five days, including regarding my own Autistic child. One asked about their child frequently “whining” about being bored, walking around the house aimlessly. This usually ends in a meltdown[…]

Q&A: Are There Clear Assessment Pathways for Females?

Q. Are there any clear pathways for clinical assessments for neurodivergence for females? I have found this area lacking and a lack of knowledge amongst health professionals generally. Mum of girl aged 5-8 A. I had to sit with this question for quite some time to be able to answer it without getting too fired up. As an Adult As someone who grew up (went to uni, travelled, built a career, got married, had kids,[…]

There’s No Such Thing as an Autism Expert

When I wrote the headline for this piece, I was angry, exasperated, tired, cranky, triggered. So now I’ve let it breathe I can admit okay, I suppose technically there are autism experts out there. But anyone who likes to generalise about what autistic people are or do are not those people.  The number of verging-on-retirement Caucasian cismale hetero paediatricians in Sydney lauded as being experts in this field, who dismiss anything short of school-aged non-verbal[…]

Welcome Home

There are countless misunderstandings surrounding neurodivergence, including around behaviours and intentions, especially in children. As a neurodivergent person raising neurodivergent children, I find myself repeatedly engaging in long, heartfelt conversations with parents. Lost parents. Confused parents. Well-intentioned, loving, kind parents who don’t know what to do next. I see undiagnosed kids struggling, and children who have been diagnosed with one neurodivergence whose parents haven’t been informed about possible – even likely! – comorbidities. Parents who[…]

Disclosure is never an excuse

More Than Quirky has been quietly brewing for a while, and I had no intentions of going live with any content for some time yet, but after this weekend’s events it didn’t feel right to stay quiet. If not now, when? This weekend, Meshel Laurie, lashed out – unprovoked – accusing Em Rusciano, of faking that she is autistic. Em had shared on social media that she was interested in utilising the sensory room at[…]

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