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

By ADDitude Editors — 2022

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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What Is Different Brains? Advocating for Neurodiversity from Autism to Alzheimer

In this special 100th episode of Exploring Different Brains, Hackie Reitman, M.D. explains what Different Brains stands for through the words of some of our amazing past guests.

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What is neurodiversity?

What is neurodiversity?

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My Brain Isn’t Broken | Tashi Baiguerra | TEDxLondon

In March 2018, 21 year old Tashi Baiguerra received a diagnosis that would finally allow her to understand why she wasn’t always able to make sense of things that everyone else seemed to find straightforward.

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My Journey from Marine to Actor | Adam Driver

Before he fought in the galactic battles of Star Wars, Adam Driver was a United States Marine with 1/1 Weapons Company.

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Regeneration Through Culture: Building Spaces for Communities | Hannah Taylor | TEDxWolverhampton

In her insightful talk Hannah explores the lack of public space and its effects on community and how providing supportive spaces for the coming together of communities to realise ideas is the most important way to regenerate a city.

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Create the Community You Want to Be a Part of | Greg Tehven | TEDxStPeterPort

Instead of running away to a big city, what would happen if you stuck around and made the small town where you grew up into a place where you actually want to live for the rest of your life? As a native of Fargo, North Dakota, Greg Tehven talks about the three most important principles he's learned...

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State of Creativity: Creative Placemaking

The concept of “creative placemaking,” the integration of a community’s artistic and cultural assets in community planning and revitalization, is gaining momentum in places like Boyle Heights.

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How I Learned to Focus with ADD

In this video, I share the ways in which I have refined my focus over the past few years to get the most out of the hours I dedicate to drawing. From the Pomodoro technique, to sleep, hygiene, exercise, diet and mindfulness, I hope there is something for everyone.

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How Modern Work Pressure Distorts Our Identity | Burnout

In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.

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Brené Brown: The Quest for True Belonging | Chase Jarvis Live

In today’s episode: We talk about how divisive times are good breeding grounds for good art and how that art may be just what we need to form stronger connections between us. Art can save us. Brené has such a unique way of talking about valuing your work. Have a strong back and a soft front.

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