Tag: neurodivergent
Opinions on Mental Illness Recovery
This is an interesting post with some tips and opinions on mental illness recovery. Pro-recovery isn’t anti-disability. While we should never shame neurodivergence, we should also…
Neurodivergent People and Hunger
Many neurodivergent people struggle to feel internal cues and bodily sensations, including hunger and fullness: Source Can you relate to this? Let us know in…
Burning Out
It is pretty hard, if not impossible these days to earn enough to make a living without burning out. It’s not just neurodivergent people who…
Spell Slots vs Cantrips as a Disability Metaphor
exigencelost shared this great concept for spell slots vs cantrips from Dungeons & Dragons as a disability metaphor. It’s a variant on the Spoon Theory…
ADHD Hacks to Stay On Track
The Buzzfeed community came up with this list of 47 hacks people with ADHD use to stay on track. Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder…
Arts and Crafts Are Perfect for ADHD
This is a great post about how doing arts and crafts is perfect for people with ADHD because there’s immediate and visual progress. You can…
The Fork Theory
jenroses posted this “Fork Theory” which is a corollary to the “Spoon Theory”. The Spoon Theory is a metaphorical concept developed by Christine Miserandino. It…
What Being a Gifted Kid Actually Means
This is a great post about how people misunderstand what “gifted kid” actually means. This post goes well with The Downside to Being a Gifted Child…
ADHD? Couldn’t Be Me – Comic
Dreamadoodles wrote and illustrated this wonderful “ADHD? Couldn’t Be Me” comic. Here’s what she had to say about it: “Huh? Me, a disorder? Nah, that’s…
PSA About The Word Neurodivergent
This is a PSA from sherlocksflataffect, the coiner of the term “neurodivergent”. Neurodivergent just means a brain that diverges. Being neurodivergent means having a brain…