The Advice We Needed Most Wasn’t About Being Neurodivergent
When our family first started navigating neurodivergence, we thought the answers would come from learning more about ADHD, autism, dyslexia, executive functioning, accommodations, and all the other terms that suddenly became part of our everyday vocabulary. And to be fair, some of them did. Learning how our brains worked helped. Understanding diagnoses helped. Finding accommodations […]
The Part of OCD Most People Never See
For years, if someone had asked me what OCD looked like, I probably would have given the same answer most people do. I would have pictured someone who liked things organized, someone who color-coded their planner, or someone who got frustrated when the picture frames weren’t straight. Those are the stereotypes we’ve all seen repeated […]
Why Dyslexia Is About More Than Reading
When most people hear the word “dyslexia,” they immediately think: “Oh, that’s the reading thing.” And technically…they aren’t wrong. But they also aren’t exactly right. That’s kind of like saying a car is “the wheel thing.” Sure. The wheels are involved. But there is a LOT more going on under the hood. As a mom […]
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