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6 Tips for Neurodivergent College Students Going Back to School

By Jaylor Brenner — 2021

The beginning of the fall semester can provoke a lot of stress, but hopefully this advice can help you thrive this year.

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Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity

Just because you value neurological differences doesn’t mean you’re denying the reality of disabilities. This piece is in response to another Scientific American article by Simon Baron-Cohen.

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Aiyana Bailin
2019
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ADHD Time Blindness Contributes to My Impulse Spending

For me, the worst part of ADHD isn’t being fidgety or hyper-focused; it’s under-discussed symptoms such as time blindness and impulsive spending—which have made my finances a constant struggle.

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Mikhal Weiner
2021
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I Have ADHD. Here Are 9 Productivity Tips that Really Help Me

Tips and tricks I use daily.

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Isabelle O’Carroll
2020
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How it Really Feels to Be Time-Blind with ADHD

If you have ADHD, time-blindness is as intentional as colorblindness.

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Jaclyn Paul
2018
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‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’

Social media creators are helping women and people of color identify possible symptoms of A.D.H.D., a disorder most often diagnosed in white boys.

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Nicole Clark
2021
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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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ADHD and Depression: How to Recognize and Manage Both

ADHD and depression are commonly coexisting conditions with some overlapping symptoms. The link between the two is complex.

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Michelle Pugle
2021
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The Challenges of Living with High-Functioning Autism

In the autism community, functioning labels are discouraged because they can be misleading. A person can be able to function independently in some areas but require significant support in others. People labeled as high functioning can often have significant needs that are overlooked.

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Lisa Jo Rudy
2022
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‘Clients Say It Feels Like We’ve Always Known Each Other’: The Mental Health Experts Who Believe Their Autism Has Turbocharged Their Work

Therapists, psychologists and nurses who are autistic say it has made them better at their jobs, but that misconceptions about the condition are forcing them to keep their diagnosis a secret.

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Amelia Hill
2022
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Many Young Adults with Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

“One of the biggest difficulties with transitioning to adulthood is trying to realize where you’ve been correct versus where you need to change, where the boundaries are between what you need to do to fit in and what other people need to do to accept certain things that are a part of who you...

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Tara Haelle
2017
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