We are more than a collection of neurodivergent traits

By telling our stories of diverse lived experience, we are shifting the narrative to an understanding of neurodivergence that it is more fully human

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I bristle whenever I hear someone talk about autistic or ADHD traits. I know what’s coming: a neurotypical person’s potted version of me. I brace myself for yet another reminder of the chasm between my experience as a neurodivergent person and how the world understands it.

Even the tired if you’ve met one autistic person… (whi…