Dr Brené Brown is a research professor and has devoted her life to studying shame and self-esteem. In her book ‘Daring Greatly‘, Brené suggests that there is nothing as hurtful as standing on the outside – whether it’s our lives, creative decisions, family challenges or business meetings – and wondering what it would be like […]
Disability awareness is the foundation for inclusion and empathy. We practice awareness when we understand that people with disabilities face additional challenges and may experience the same situation as us but very differently. This also includes self-awareness of privilege. Realising that there are gaps in what you know and working to close those gaps is […]
A Neurodivergent Search for Belonging There are over one billion people with a disability in the world today, making people with disabilities the world’s largest minority. The social model of disability holds that a disability is a mismatch between a person’s abilities and needs, and their environment. One way to address disabilities is to change […]
As an autistic woman I have difficulty in interpreting other’s intentions, and due to lifelong bullying, I have a very low self-esteem. One can say that my best friend is the imposter syndrome. I aways find myself questioning my abilities, questioning whether I deserve my job, a compliment from a colleague for a job well […]
This is my first blog post about my life as an autistic woman who also suffers from ADHD. In the video below, I talk about living and coping in life as a Neurodivergent woman. I discuss coping strategies, how that has influenced my life, the abilities that I have for being autistic and how people […]