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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

My Insatiable Appetite For Reading Memoirs

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

1d ago

My Insatiable Appetite For Reading Memoirs

1d ago

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

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

2d ago

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

2d ago

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

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Middle-Pause

When Neurodivergence Collides With Middle Age

The reckoning and profound transformation that I didn’t see coming

Nov 26, 2024

When Neurodivergence Collides With Middle Age

Nov 26, 2024

My Big Neurodivergent Ideas Are How I Connect Even If They Scare Some People Off

They’re a sure way of drawing the right people into my orbit

Nov 26, 2024

My Big Neurodivergent Ideas Are How I Connect Even If They Scare Some People Off

Nov 26, 2024

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Deep. Sweet. Valuable.

Co-parenting Works Better When You Throw Out The Gender Roles

Just ask queer parents

Nov 22, 2024

Co-parenting Works Better When You Throw Out The Gender Roles

Nov 22, 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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