Neurodivergence

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All things neurodivergent and relating to the broader neurodivergent community (and communities).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

My people.
I feel a kinship with each and every one of you.

I’ve always had a rocky relationship with my mom. It took years to just not care about her.
After she died, amongst her things I found evidence that multiple people had told her to get me tested for ADHD when I was a child. She opted not to, but after I graduated college 10 years after my peers, she told me not that she was proud of me, but that when my sister was a kid, people had told her to get her “tested” (she didn’t elaborate), but instead looked me square in the eyes and said “but I knew none of my babies were retarded!” It’s clear the story wasn’t about my sister.

I might actually hate her more now than I did when she was alive.