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It’s The Quiet Compliant Girls We Need To Worry About

In focusing on “challenging behaviors” we overlook neurodivergent girls who are struggling

Oct 6, 2023

It’s The Quiet Compliant Girls We Need To Worry About

Oct 6, 2023

We Are More Than a Collection of Neurodivergent Traits

By telling our stories of diverse lived experience, we build an understanding of neurodivergence that it is more fully human

5d ago

We Are More Than a Collection of Neurodivergent Traits

5d ago

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Middle-Pause

Solo Camping Trips Led Me To My Wild Self

Connecting with nature has helped me connect with myself

Feb 25

Solo Camping Trips Led Me To My Wild Self

Feb 25

We Could All Do With a Mentor, Whatever Stage of Life We’re At

And we especially need them in the neurodivergent community

Feb 24

We Could All Do With a Mentor, Whatever Stage of Life We’re At

Feb 24

She Discovered Her ADHD on TikTok But Who Else Was Going To Tell Her?

What happens when teenagers don’t see themselves in the dominant narrative of autism and ADHD

Feb 18

She Discovered Her ADHD on TikTok But Who Else Was Going To Tell Her?

Feb 18

Living the Venn Diagram of Queer, Neurodivergent and Menopausal

When your intersectional self keeps falling through the cracks

Feb 16

Living the Venn Diagram of Queer, Neurodivergent and Menopausal

Feb 16

Published in
Invisible Illness

As an Autistic Adult, I’m Bothered That ABA Still Exists

It’s continuing the self-erasure that decades of masking caused me

Feb 12

As an Autistic Adult, I’m Bothered That ABA Still Exists

Feb 12

I Thrive In Solitude But Only When I Feel Connected

Being alone has its limits, especially if it’s forced on us

Jan 30

I Thrive In Solitude But Only When I Feel Connected

Jan 30

Celebrating the Milestones of Post-Diagnosis Growth

The journey after late diagnoses of autism and ADHD isn’t easy but it’s important to stop and celebrate how far you’ve come

Jan 26

Celebrating the Milestones of Post-Diagnosis Growth

Jan 26

Published in
Invisible Illness

Neurotypical Workplace Culture is Invisible But The Harm Caused is Real

When “cultural fit” means conforming with neurotypical expectations

Jan 23

Neurotypical Workplace Culture is Invisible But The Harm Caused is Real

Jan 23

Jae L

Jae L

Queer, neurodivergent and in the business of asking questions and stirring things up. Conspire with me. diverge999@gmail.com; https://justinefield.substack.com

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