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Nerenberg Jenara
Nerenberg Jenara - Divergent Mind Thriving In A World That Wasn't Designed For You - Paperback
Nerenberg Jenara - Divergent Mind Thriving In A World That Wasn't Designed For You - Paperback
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Description: Audible Editor's PICK A 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 mental makeups. When it comes to women sensory processing differences are often overlooked masked or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger male populations and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations women often don t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults if at all. As a result potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences and the misidentification leads to depression anxiety low self - esteem and shame. Meanwhile we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long - overdue much - needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are different. Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity ADHD autism misophonia dyslexia SPD and more Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely - held misconceptions (for example it's not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward describing practical changes in how we communicate how we design our surroundings and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish we create a better tomorrow for us all.
Title: Divergent Mind Thriving In A World That Wasn't Designed For You
Author(s): Nerenberg Jenara
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062876805
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 2/16/2021
Category: Business & Management
Description: Audible Editor's PICK A 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 mental makeups. When it comes to women sensory processing differences are often overlooked masked or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger male populations and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations women often don t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults if at all. As a result potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences and the misidentification leads to depression anxiety low self - esteem and shame. Meanwhile we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer. Divergent Mind is a long - overdue much - needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are different. Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity ADHD autism misophonia dyslexia SPD and more Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely - held misconceptions (for example it's not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy they have an overwhelming excess of it). Nerenberg also offers us a path forward describing practical changes in how we communicate how we design our surroundings and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish we create a better tomorrow for us all.
Title: Divergent Mind Thriving In A World That Wasn't Designed For You
Author(s): Nerenberg Jenara
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062876805
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 2/16/2021
Category: Business & Management