“Written About Me, Not To Me”
For decades, much of what has been written about autism has been written about autistic people from those on the outside — psychologist, parents, teachers. Resources written for those caring for someone who is neurodivergent. But not FOR someone who is neurodivergent living with it as an adult.
When I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD in my late 20s, I began looking for answers. I found plenty of information about deficits, behaviors, and challenges. What was harder to find was something that explained the experience from the inside—while also helping the people around us understand what they were seeing differently.
That is part of why Nancy Wainscott and I wrote Autism, Not Attitude: Embracing Neurodivergence at Work and in Relationships.
The book looks beyond behavior to the thinking, communication, sensory experiences, and misunderstandings underneath it. Because what gets labeled as an attitude problem may actually be a communication difference. What looks like disengagement may be overload. And the person who seems “difficult” may be seeing a problem—or a solution—that everyone else has missed.
That same idea is at the heart of my keynotes.
I show leaders and colleagues how look at people through a different lens—not simply to understand neurodiversity, but to embrace human differences more effectively.
Because when we change what we see, we change how we approach a conversation.
And sometimes, the mind we misunderstand is exactly the mind the organization needs.
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