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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

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

9h ago

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

9h ago

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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

When Neurodivergence Collides With Middle Age

Nov 26

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

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

Nov 26

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Deep. Sweet. Valuable.

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

Just ask queer parents

Nov 22

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

Nov 22

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Invisible Illness

My Post-Diagnosis Support Wish List For Neurodivergent Adults

We know what we need. We just need the backing to make it happen

Nov 16

My Post-Diagnosis Support Wish List For Neurodivergent Adults

Nov 16

The Many Faces of Neurodivergent Burnout

And why it’s not always obvious

Nov 14

The Many Faces of Neurodivergent Burnout

Nov 14

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Contemplate

Why Are We So Afraid of Silence?

It’s seriously undervalued and there needs to be more of it

Nov 8

Why Are We So Afraid of Silence?

Nov 8

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Invisible Illness

The ‘Low Support Needs’ Label Hides the Invisible Struggle and Unmet Needs of Autistic Adults

Learning to do without support isn’t the same as not needing it

Oct 30

The ‘Low Support Needs’ Label Hides the Invisible Struggle and Unmet Needs of Autistic Adults

Oct 30

We Need To Shift The Communication Burden from Autistic People

Let’s start with strategies for asking email senders to do better

Oct 14

We Need To Shift The Communication Burden from Autistic People

Oct 14

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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