Many of us genuinely want to respond well when someone tells us they’re autistic, have ADHD, or identify as neurodivergent. We want to be supportive, but finding the right words can feel difficult. Common responses include: “I’m sorry.” “You don’t look autistic.” “I never would have guessed.” These comments are […]
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Have you ever come away from a conversation feeling as though you and the other person were having completely different discussions? Perhaps you left feeling misunderstood. Perhaps they did too. Neither of you intended to get it wrong, yet somehow the connection didn’t quite happen. When autistic people experience communication […]
A lot of the language around neurodiversity is rooted in deficit. Words and prefixes like disorder, deficit, hyper, dys all point to a deviation from a perceived “norm”. And language matters. It quietly shapes how we think, feel, and respond, often without us even noticing. So it’s worth pausing to […]
For a long time, autism and ADHD have been talked about as disorders or deficits, as if something is wrong or broken. When we grow up hearing this, it can shape the story we tell ourselves. We might start to believe we need fixing. But what if there is another […]