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Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
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Depression and suicidal ideation are more likely among people with disabilities due to factors like abuse, isolation, and stressors related to poverty, among others.
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Adults with disabilities report experiencing frequent mental distress almost 5 times as often as adults without disabilities.
Understanding how and why can help people cope with the disorder.
Stuart discusses common problems that people with ADHD face when socializing with others.
An autism diagnosis affects the whole family. Explore ways to help parents, siblings, and extended family to live well with and support an autistic family member.
Autism in Company - social strategies. How do you manage different hats/roles in different situations? How to adapt your social style based on level of relationship and situation.
Kristy touches on the history and trauma of failed connections for neurodivergent folks, the impact it has one self esteem and the complexity involved with future relationships moving forward.
If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.
Relationships in which one or both partners have ADHD can range from being successful to catastrophic. Having ADHD in a relationship can be the causing factor of plenty frustrations, miscommunications, resentments and a large cause in divorces of marriages.
Aspie shutdown and withdrawal is a big part of how autism affects relationships.