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The Intersection of Race and Neurodivergence: “The Black Dyspraxic” Shares on Overcoming Barriers

By Nancy Doyle — 2020

Neurodivergent individuals with dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD have been educated in a system that was ill designed for them to thrive. Therefore, people with these learning differences will display admirable qualities such as problem-solving skills and determination. Determination to reach the same academic standard and skillset required by businesses whilst displaying valued characteristics and transferable skills for neurodivergents.

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We Need to Talk About ADHD Stigma in BIPOC Communities

Battling stigma is nothing new in the ADHD community. In Black and other marginalized communities, it abounds—outside and, even worse, inside Black families. But reducing stigma in BIPOC communities is not all on us.

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Evelyn Polk Green
2022
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“I Don’t Need to Be Fixed!” Epiphanies of Self-Acceptance from Adults with ADHD

The path to self-acceptance is long and treacherous for adults with ADHD, many of whom mistake their symptoms for personal faults. Here, ADDitude readers share the moments they realized that they weren’t broken at all—and that their wild, wonderful ADHD brains didn’t need fixing.

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ADDitude Editors
2022
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‘Silent Exodus’ from Korean-American Churches as Younger Parishioners Find Community Elsewhere

The departure of young people from the churches, once the bedrock of Korean culture and identity in America, marks a significant social shift.

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Paulina Cachero
2018
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Black Americans Are Very Connected to Being Black

The overwhelming majority of black Americans view their racial identity as a core part of their overall identity, and this black identity and kinship with other black people has likely been heightened by recent events.

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Perry Bacon Jr., Meredith Conroy
2021
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A Guide for Co-Creating Access & Inclusion

This guide is for people who are considering working with and for disabled people, perhaps for the very first time. It includes a brief introduction to disability justice, and then focuses on artistic and pedagogical work with the disability community.

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Taeyoon Choi
2021
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