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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

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

2d ago

Celebrating the Milestones of Post-Diagnosis Growth

2d ago

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Invisible Illness

Neurotypical Workplace Culture is Invisible But The Harm Caused is Real

When “cultural fit” means conforming with neurotypical expectations

5d ago

Neurotypical Workplace Culture is Invisible But The Harm Caused is Real

5d ago

The Things That Have Helped Me Live My Best Neurodivergent Life

How I’ve taken charge of my physical, mental and emotional well-being following a later-in-life diagnosis.

Jan 16

The Things That Have Helped Me Live My Best Neurodivergent Life

Jan 16

My Insatiable Appetite For Reading Memoirs

Unpacking the addictive power of other people’s stories and what they give me

Jan 14

My Insatiable Appetite For Reading Memoirs

Jan 14

Instead Of Burnout, I’m Learning What Healthy Tiredness Feels Like

For decades, neurodivergent coping mechanisms prevented me tuning into my body

Jan 13

Instead Of Burnout, I’m Learning What Healthy Tiredness Feels Like

Jan 13

For the First Time in Forever, I’ve Avoided End-of-Year Burnout

Changing how I work has made a profound difference to my life but a sustainable work environment should be within reach of all…

Dec 23, 2024

For the First Time in Forever, I’ve Avoided End-of-Year Burnout

Dec 23, 2024

Re-setting a Neurodivergent Nervous System Primed For An Unsafe World

How I’m trying to feel safe without making myself smaller

Dec 15, 2024

Re-setting a Neurodivergent Nervous System Primed For An Unsafe World

Dec 15, 2024

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The Unexpected Autistic Life

What the Broader Community Keeps Getting Wrong About Autistic People

The gulf between what many people think autism is and the lived experience of autistic people is still huge

Dec 11, 2024

A woman stares into the camera lens.

Dec 11, 2024

A Late Discovery of Neurodivergence Gave Me Self-knowledge But I Wish I’d Had It Much Earlier In…

My Gen-X perspective and hopes for younger neurodivergent women

Dec 9, 2024

A Late Discovery of Neurodivergence Gave Me Self-knowledge But I Wish I’d Had It Much Earlier In…

Dec 9, 2024

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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