Divergent Mind Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
eBook - 2020
AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICKA paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms"—only ever labeled as anxiety— were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing "abnormal" versus "normal" brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our m...ental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system...
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HarperCollins
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- Overdrive Resource Page
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- Adobe EPUB eBook, OverDrive Read eBook
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File Size | 691 MB |
ISBN | 9780062876812 |
Release Date | 3/24/2020 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
ISBN | 9780062876812 |
Release Date | 3/24/2020 |