Blog tagged as My journey

Let's wage war on shame

ADHD affects executive function, memory, focus, time management and so much more. But for me, in the decades prior to diagnosis, the corrosive impact on my self-esteem was infinitely more damaging. Conversely, nothing has had a more positive impact on my self-worth than learning that my challenges w...
24/03/2024 17:17 - Comment(s)
A crash course in the social model of disability

They say that neurodivergent people wear a mask. I would call it armour and mine was made from my fierce independence. In May 2021 I received my ADHD diagnosis and slowly began to lose my armour. I began to accept that I had challenges that other people didn't have and that I needed some suppor...

14/06/2023 15:44 - Comment(s)
Learning through crisis

‌Before I set off for France at the age of 16, volunteers from the organisation that had arranged the experience used the term "learning through crisis" to help us to put culture shock in perspective.  Never has that phrase been more relevant to me than in trying to access support fol...

14/06/2023 12:48 - Comment(s)