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Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation

More Than Quirky

Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation

Impostor syndrome

Q&A: Why Does My Kid Tear Up Merit Awards?

Q. My kid leaves merit awards from school in their school bag and tears them up and I find them in the bin. If I find them in their bag before they destroy them they don’t want to talk about them and get angry if I get congratulate them. If I’m lucky I get a shrug and told it’s no big deal. What’s this about? Dad of autistic (and gifted / “2E”) son aged 11[…]

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