Powerful Insights from Neurodivergent Influencers Worth Following

Ellie Middleton writes about five ways to assess whether something is good for you to undertake by describing the Five-abilities

•  Profitability---the benefits of the activity-- is it for you?

• Affordability—what will it cost you in time, energy, (more than money)

• Sustainability—will you be able to stick with it—flexibility—high energy day and low energy day—realistic goals

• Memorability—habit stacking, make it fun, scheduling, how will you remember you want to do it?

• Accountability—have a partner—tell others—add a reward or treat--

 Tristan Lavender writes beautifully about neurodiversity and accompanies his writing with gorgeous photographs.

 When people say you don’t look like you have ADHD    “What’s not visible in these moments is the amount of conscious effort and preparation it takes to momentarily transcend a less communicative state.” Similarly, I am hearing from many other neurodivergent people that their environment is often unaware of the difficulties they are facing - for the simple reason that these difficulties are not visible at the surface. What’s more, neurodivergent people have often gone to great lengths to ‘mask’ their differences in an effort to adapt and conform.