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Have You Ever Been Punished (or Scolded) for Your NeuroDivergence?

Lyric Holmans

Recently, I asked my NeuroDivergent readers if anyone has “ever tried to “punish” the NeuroDivergence out of” them (while being reasonably sure I knew the answer to my question).

Overwhelming comments came pouring in on various platforms, with stories from my readers telling how they had been harmed by people around them (who insisted on unfair and unrealistic expectations of NeuroTypicality).

I knew there would be Autistic People and ADHDers who had been punished for our NeuroTypes because many of my readers are my age (or older), and when we were growing up, punishment was the standard of care for kids who struggled to fall in line.

What surprised me was how many people with other NeuroTypes were also punished for things beyond their control. Continue reading Have You Ever Been Punished (or Scolded) for Your NeuroDivergence?

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Put down, over and over again, stifled into silence because nobody knew I was AuDHD, and everyone expected me to be and act as if my brain wasn't wired differently from theirs.

Escaping an Abusive Relationship with Society: A Late Diagnosed Autism Story – My Autistic Life

Lyric Holmans

When I found out I was Autistic a few months before my thirtieth birthday, it was a moment that made me realize that I’d been in an abusive relationship with society.
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an image showing Autism as a color wheel a color wheel of vast and varied shades (sensory & motor, emotional & cognitive, communication & social, dependency on routine & aversion to surprises).

Autistic Disclosure Toolkit: A handy guide to help when coming out of The Autism Closet

Lyric Holmans

Each Autistic Person has a very unique experience of being Autistic (and no two Autistics experience Autism in the same way, thanks to how Autism colors multiple parts of our life experience).
Continue reading Autistic Disclosure Toolkit: A handy guide to help when coming out of The Autism Closet

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How many NeuroDivergent people’s skills are lost (or never have a chance to grow) because those NeuroDivergent People are stuck in survival mode?

Lyric Holmans

Because I’d been told “work wasn’t supposed to be fun,” I kept taking jobs that made me miserable, feeling as if the punishments and misery were rights of passage necessary for the money I earned.
Continue reading How many NeuroDivergent people’s skills are lost (or never have a chance to grow) because those NeuroDivergent People are stuck in survival mode?