Overcoming the Otherness: Navigating Neurodivergent Identity in a Neurotypical World
Overcoming the Otherness: Navigating Neurodivergent Identity in a Neurotypical World Let’s have an honest moment—ever feel like you’re on the outside looking in? Like you’ve been handed an invitation to a party, but when you show up, no one seems to get that you were invited too? Welcome to the club. It’s called “otherness,” and for a lot of neurodivergent people, and intersectionally a lot of people that are different for a multitude of differences it’s a feeling we know all too well. Being neurodivergent in a world built by and for neurotypical folks can feel like you’re constantly playing a game where no one taught you the rules. You’re not quite sure why everyone else seems to get it, and you’re left wondering if you’ll ever fit in. Spoiler alert: you don’t have to fit in . But I get it—it’s not easy to feel like the “other,” especially when the world has taught us that being different is somehow wrong. Let’s unpack that, and then let’s flip the script. What...