By Lydia Denworth — 2020
Most autistic people want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive air.
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Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what that’s like.
In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.
Neurodiversity, sensitivity, and how the status quo snubs 20–30% of us.
Sometimes it feels like the world wasn’t designed for sensitive people. Here are ways to take care of yourself.
Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.
This page is written by Temple Grandin and describes her journey and challenges as a woman affected by autism. Temple outlines the support she received, discusses sensory and auditory difficulties, tactile problems, her squeeze machine and many other topics.
Highly sensitive people might be different from the general population, but they are different in a way that could be useful—and perhaps crucial—to the function of society.