My daughter was diagnosed in Uni. I thought everything she experienced was ‘normal’. But in typical ND fashion I jumped into researching it (this is a trait many of us have). I couldn’t emotionally accept the implications at first, so it took me a couple of years to cope with the idea before going to be diagnosed. It is very common for ND people flock with other people with ND. I started to look around and realised that most of my most interesting and beloved friends were very ND.

I was diagnosed with ADD at 5, again at 15 and again (ADHD/autism) at 34. All medical diagnosis/testing. But the term neurodivergent and all the information coming out the last few years is new to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot more people were neurodivergent than they realized. Society has us masking real early 🥹