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.
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