Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
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I could go on, but must rest now (note: the book suggests that needing rest is a sign of neurodivergence. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. It felt like everyone interviewed was a professionally successful woman, there is no mention of blue collar work and nothing on the massive racial disparities that currently exist.
Reads as an extremely out of touch hr manual which is especially jarring considering how much passion the author clearly has for the topic. It isn't a "new study", as one of the back blurbs describes it - not in the sense of a scientific study.
Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different. My sensory issues are a big part of my experience as an autistic woman, but it's nowhere near the only one.
Worth the read but may make you crave for a deeper dive of a book which hopefully is on the way from Jenara or other authors. Since the book is about Gender and neurodivergence, I don't expect a deep dive on Race and ADHD/Autism however given how recently this work was published I find the sparse mentioning of race to be inadequate.As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. She even mentions the show Atypical at one point (a show that has been criticized for the way it presents autism) to make a point when she could have easily found real-world stories that highlight the danger autistic people face when encountering the police.
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- EAN: 764486781913
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