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If You Believe “Everyone Is Neurodivergent,” You’re Part of the Problem
When spiritual oneness is used to erase the lived suffering of marginalized people, it isn't enlightenment. It's a very comfortable form of privilege.
Parenting While Neurodivergent – A User’s Manual
As a parent, you are not doomed to repeat what happened to you. And your neurodivergent child is not a tragedy waiting to be grieved.
The Sensory Experience Is Central to Neurodivergent Life. Here’s What I’ve Created to Help.
While writing the hardest chapter of my book so far, I built a free tool to help you map your own sensory profile. Try it and tell me what you find.
Why Friendship Has Always Felt So Hard — And What Actually Helps
A few months ago, I reconnected with a college roommate I hadn't spoken to in 35 years. When my roommate told his husband about the call and the 35-year gap, his husband said, dry as a martini: "Sounds like a really good friend."
Ouch. Touché.
And also — that friendship is real. It's always been real. It just doesn't run on the neurotypical maintenance schedule, and it never did. Neurodivergent people are not bad at friendship in some general, character-flaw kind of way. We're often very good at specific kinds of connection, and genuinely struggle with others — and we don't often talk about which is which, or why.