How to Regain Confidence: The Power Struggle of ADHD and Self-Esteem
In order to have a more neurodiverse inclusive and welcoming community, we must understand that ADHDers are not characteristically flawed...
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Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Fear of rejection and lack of social acceptance co-exists among most neurodiverse individuals. Often, this fear of being socially...
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Task Initiation for ADHD and ASD: Getting Started
Ever experienced that familiar feeling of an urgent task staring back at you, yet you can't seem to muster the motivation to begin? It...
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ADHD and Racing Thoughts
Looking beyond motor hyperactivity Although we often see hyperactivity as physical, hyperactivity does perpetuate mentally as well. On...
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A Letter Unveiling the Hidden Burden of the ADHD Tax: Navigating Neurodiversity's Financial Challenges
Today, I decided to write a letter because I wanted to have an open and heartfelt conversation about a concept that many of you might...
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ADHD and Unfinished Projects
Living with ADHD can make staying focused a little difficult. Being easily distracted when you have ADHD does not mean you're lazy or...
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Autism and Mimicking
Do you ever find yourself repeatedly, unintentionally sharing others’ gestures or figures of speech? This is actually very common among...
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What is Autistic Scripting?
By Sophia Yamini As awareness of autism and its varying features expands, a new phenomenon has taken center stage. This phenomenon is...
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What is "ADHD Paralysis"?
By Shaylin Prajapati "Picture this: you are sitting down at your desk, laptop in front of you, ready to tackle your to-do list, but it...
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Magazine: Escaped flavours issue: Becca Harris Talks ADHD Kitchen Health Time
BY KARINA KOFMAN Photographer: Draga It took 30 years for Becca Harris to discover her diagnosis of ADHD. She then found a way to make...
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The lack of women representation in society - Excerpts of stories from Neurodistinct women
After spending most of their lives feeling isolated and faulty, they discovered that they are part of the ND community, the four members...
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Coping Mechanisms for Women with ADHD
BY ALIYA BACCHUS Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl,...
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Memory and Dyslexia
BY DIVERSE MINDS Recalling different ideas, concepts or even simple lists can be challenging for all individuals. We have all experienced...
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What are the traits of dyslexia in adult women?
BY GINA SAAD Having some difficulty while you read? Letters are zoning out while reading? Each adult woman with dyslexia can experience a...
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Riding Public Transportation as a teen with ADHD and Autism
BY ROMY BEA GORDON Public transportation can be hard for people who are neurodiverse and, in fact, neurotypical people as well. I used to...
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Neurowonderful: Living Atypically in a Typical World, Ernst & Young Canada
BY KARINA KOFMAN & TAMMY MORRIS Ernst and Young, operating as EY, is a global firm specializing in professional services. EY is also...
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Being a Neurodiverse Girl in a Corporate World (as late diagnosed) - Dyslexic Edition
Words by Armelle McGeachie I’m just a girl, standing in front of an office, begging them to love me. The reality is: I’m dyslexic. And...
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‘You’ll learn one day that you’re not broken, just different.’
14 year old Romy Gordon discovered that she had ADHD in 2021 after spending much of her childhood feeling not accepted and isolated. Here...
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