My neurodiversity

I grew up believing if I tried really hard I would be able to pass for normal, and mostly I still can. Feeling pity or sympathy for others who werent able to, was the other side of this, but I can see now that neither were really very healthy.

A series of life experiences and the determined work of those ‘who werent able to pass for normal’ have led me to identify with autism and to feel I might have something to offer those who also feel that ideas of being different might offer them some self-recognition and understanding.

Working with others who have collected diagnoses as dyslexic or having attention deficit as well as the ‘mental illness’ diagnoses I was familiar with from my early career, has led me to believe that there is value in processing what identifications we might make with diagnoses we collect, and how we can find some creativity and growth( what I think of as healthy) in features that could be seen as disabling ( although that is actually from how they are treated by others).

If this feels a bit like you I d be very glad to open up communication about it.