Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You―A Paradigm-Shifting Study of Women With ADHD, Autism and More
Publisher : HarperOne; Reprint edition
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062876805
ISBN-13 : 978-0062876805
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You―A Paradigm-Shifting Study of Women With ADHD, Autism and More
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. Nerenberg explores these topics in depth, delving into: