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What Accessibility Means For A Neurodivergent Person
We experience significant barriers in the systems we engage with to meet our basic everyday needs
As a late-diagnosed AuDHDer, it can be hard to reconcile having a positive neurodivergent identity with negative experiences of interacting with the world as a neurodivergent person.
I love that my particular brain-wiring gives me a unique perspective on the world. But I don’t love how the world continues to bump against me because of my neurodivergence.
I don’t love that dominant narratives about autism and ADHD focus on individual pathology and situate us as problems to be fixed instead of examining the environments and systems that make life harder for us.
The more I learn about my neurodivergent brain, the more I understand what makes my interaction with the world so challenging at times. I know that I no longer have to push through and pretend to be a neurotypical person.
But I still live in a world where I’m still expected to cope the same as a neurotypical person and to work to bridge the gap when I can’t.
Given the appallingly low awareness about neurodivergence in the broader community, it’s not surprising that there’s limited understanding of what…
