2010
A middle-aged woman living in Los Angeles, saddled with a stressful job, a long-term relationship rapidly unraveling, coping with a drug-addicted daughter facing criminal charges and now ...
85 min
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Anthony Hopkins, Wentworth Miller and others are showing us that autism is more varied than it once seemed to be.
Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what that’s like.
Getting an official diagnosis as an adult is hard – but this year I got to know what being female and neurodivergent means.
The shift toward greater awareness of autism means that people who did not get diagnosed in childhood may pursue diagnosis as adults.
The diagnosis was “a shock, but not a surprise,” he said.
Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than “worried well” are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment.
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This video explains in pictures the difference between ADHD and autism and the neurodiversity rainbow.
Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit, candor, passion, and power. Her journey is one of reverse-self-discovery not only as an Aspie but--more importantly--as a thoroughly modern woman.