All my experiences are teaching me that in order to navigate an ableist world, we need to understand it as a white supremacist one. I fell for it again. As a neurodivergent Brown femme, I was duped into the false sense of security that comes with working alongside people who…

This article was written by Crystal Farmer, based on a podcast by Danielle Sullivan. You can learn more about Crystal and the Neurodiverging team here: https://www.neurodiverging.com/about-neurodiverging/ Welcome back to Podcast Recaps, where we summarize some of Neurodiverging’s most popular episodes. In this episode, Danielle talks about her journey through the…

Welcome to Podcast Recaps: where we offer highlights from some of Neurodiverging’s most popular podcasts, in written form! In Episode 22, Danielle answered a question about telling children about their diagnoses. Let’s see what she said: Today I want to discuss a couple of questions that I’ve gotten a few…

It’s very common for neurodivergent folks to have trouble staying attentive to a task that is not interesting to us. Even when we are trying to focus on the things we have to do, it can be hard to keep on-task. Some of the most common concerns are issues like: …

What your interpretation of Althusser brings up to me is his apparent lack of trust that individuals will eventually recognize their own indoctrination and reject those identities that do not serve them. He seems to frame the subject as powerless in the face of these imposed, external identities. To some…

If you’ve visited the Neurodiverging blog before, you may have seen this article on autism and fatigue. One of the ways that neurodivergent people can manage our energy levels is by ensuring that our home is sensory-friendly and matches our needs. For people with autism, it is essential that feelings…

The death of a loved one takes a toll on all of us, but the process of grieving death is different for neurodivergent people. Author Sophia Kaur shares their experiences of neurodivergent grief, including their different styles of emotional recognition and time awareness as a person with ADHD. Maybe if we started creating the space that it takes for neurodivergents to grieve and process, neurotypicals would be able to allow themselves the time, space, and boundaries to grieve and process in their own way too.

I talk a lot about delayed emotional processing in autistic people because I’m one of those individuals that has delayed emotional reactions fairly often. But, I know when you’re new to the idea of learning how your brain processes things, you read something like “delayed emotional reactions” and you’re like…

The idea that autistic people have poor communication skills is almost a cliché in neurodiversity circles. Sure, some autistic folks are bad communicators; that’s true among non-autistic people too. What’s behind that idea that autistics have poor communication skills? …