Understanding what neurodivergent means….

Shortly after my bipolar diagnosis I entered the realm of being neurodivergent, during my assessment I noticed I had a lot of childhood experiences and behaviours that are similar to my autistic son. I relate with the experience of those with autism, and I felt a sense of community and it’s likely because bipolar is neurodivergence and there is a lot of overlapping qualities within the spectrum of neurodivergence. I don’t usually link other blogs to my blog (I have below please read) but I came across this blog that a neurodivergent person I follow had written that beautifully explained what the term “neurodivergent” means. They wrote it to help those who had never really heard of neurodivergence, and I really think it’s helpful for those who want to understand what this terminology means. I know the term neurodivergent is out there a lot, people think it’s some sort of trend people are jumping on, but it’s not, many people……mostly women are finding out late in life they are neurodivergent because professionals and people with lived experiences are talking about it, and many women have not met the narrow “qualifications” for being neurodivergent because historically most of the studies have been on males with very narrow and limited understanding based upon very obvious divergent “behaviour”. Being neurodivergent isn’t trendy, many people lived undiagnosed a very long time, the DSM has become more detailed and a lot more has been learned about neurodivergence in women…..so as the information improved and it got out there more people are beginning to go and get assessed.

Please click the link below, you will learn a lot 🙂

https://neurodivergentrebel.substack.com/p/neurodivergence-includes-lifelong?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14xtfLO1EAAoI-fFmX5AzbUmXsMWbbgm2PL5bLpW8_xAIJbX7A4WCSov0_aem_kHBaH6UgPSHeOFctCwByVA