#♾️♾️♾️ #Welcome One … Welcome All .… #🩶♾️🩶 #NeuroDivergence … #NeuroDiversity : #♾️ #NeuroDivergent ~ #DifferentNotLess : #👽 #NDNet ~~~~~~~ #NDNetwork #NeuroDivergentNetwork : #🛜 #DifferentlyWired ~~ #ProudlySA #ProudlySouthAfrican: #🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 #SocialChange ~ ~ #SocialImpact #GlobalChange : #GlobalChangeMakers #LivedExperience: #HumanityFirst: #🤍 #ChangingTheNarrrative - #LeadingChange #CollectiveChallenge ~~ #CollectiveChange . . . . . .
♾️♾️♾️ Quick spotlight on the above & special shout out to: @TheLighthouse_ZA: @StaceyUrdang @Elzette_BA A Huge Thanks for the connection + invitation❕ I may likely attend the above : Coffee Morning❕ To FINALLY Meet: The LightHouse Learning Hub Staff, Professionals, Parentals & The Little Ones! • • I feel a little TOO strongly RE .…. S.P.D. [Punny!] Seriously : A GROSSLY MIS-understood, UNDER appreciated multi-dimensional challenge .… one of my core lifelong struggles - despite a late Dx! • • I have featured: The Lighthouse Learning Hub before❕A Profoundly Progressive Initiative❕ REALLY honoured to attend & participate in such a group …. ESP looking forward to the Coffee Overdose :) • • •• EVENT: An insightful session w// Elzette Badenhorst: @elzette_ba #NeuroAffirming Occupational Therapist - focus on S.P.D. (Sensory Processing Difficulties). Exploring challenges… practical approaches & strategies! Date: 7 April Time: 10:00 Venue: The Lighthouse Learning Hub [Sandton] 69 Edison Street, Wendywood, Sandton 2148 … Gauteng … South Africa … #🇿🇦! Please Contact Stacey on 0824325867 • • #SPD : #SensoryProcessing : #NDAffirming : #TLLH #TheLighthouseLearningHubs ~~~~ #SupportGroup #COFFEE! #CoffeeMorning : #ParentSupport : #ASD #Autism #AutismSpectrum #Aspergers #Add #Adhd #SpecialNeeds ~ #SpecialEd ~ #2E ~~ ~ #Parenting #NeuroDivergentNetwork #NDNetwork: #ProudlySA #NeuroDivergence : #NeuroDiversity : #♾️ #NeuroDivergent … #DifferentNotLess #👽 . . . . . .
#♾️♾️♾️ #HowDeepIsTheMud? ..… #❔❔❔ We All Experience Life Very Differently: #FACT It’s NEVER been a level playing field -- though we’re here to play any way. I’m just a single node ..… in a growing network What have we to lose? … What do we change? …. First❔Foremost❔ . . #GameON ~~~ #LetsGo ~ ~ ~ #LeadingChange #CollectiveChallenge #CollectiveChange ~ #💡 #NDNet ~ ~ #NDNetwork #NeuroDivergentNetwork The #NeuroDiverseSquad #NeuroDivergence ~ #NeuroDiversity ~ #♾️ #NeuroDivergent : #DifferentNotLess … #👽 . . . . . .
#♾️♾️♾️ Please Add To The Jar! … 🌱🌿🌲🍀🍃 #January2024 … #PositivityPile! In the comments below❕ We’re already approx. a 12th into 2024❕ Just to get a sense of where we’re at…❕ A #GoodMorning ~~~~~ #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayMood ~~~~~ #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation ~~ #LifeIsGood! : #💫 #NeuroDivergence … #NeuroDiversity : #♾️ #NeuroDivergent ~ #DifferentNotLess : #👽 #NDNet ~ ~ #NDNetwork #NeuroDivergentNetwork The #NeuroDiverseSquad #CollectivelyAwesome - #CollectivelyCreate #CollectiveChallenge —- #CollectiveChange #ChangingTheNarrative …. #LeadingChange •• •• •• .… much further collective fun on the way ❕ …. thanks again for all the wonderful DMs ❕ .… the network is really growing #Awesome! Credit : @ThinkingMindsPage . . . . . .
#♾️♾️♾️ .… coming soon … to a screen … near you … #NeuroDivergence … #NeuroDiversity : #♾️ #NeuroDivergent ~ #DifferentNotLess : #👽 #GoodMorning : #GuessWhat? #GoodNews! #NewSite: #Webstagram : #Web : #WebSite #SaturdayMorning ~~~~~ #SaturdayUpdate! #UnderConstruction ...… #UnderCaffeinated! #Update #NewsUpdate ~ #NetworkUpgrade! #NDNet ~~~~~ #NDNetwork #NeuroDivergentNetwork 🌀 The …. #NeuroDiverseSquad! We .… Are … Erm .… Strange? We Are ~~ #DifferentlyWired! #ChangingTheNarrrative - #LeadingChange #CollectiveChallenge ~~ #CollectiveChange . . . . . .
Get Ready to Embrace the Extraordinary ! 🔥 Connect with like-minded 🧠 individuals and unlock 🔓 your true potential! Our upcoming networking group is exclusively designed for neurodivergent minds, offering a safe and supportive space to connect, learn, and grow. 💎 Our community is here to embrace and celebrate 🎉 your unique strengths. From virtual meetups to engaging workshops, doing business together, we provide opportunities for you to connect with peers and experts in the field and gain valuable insights and strategies for personal and professional growth. ✨ Join and be a part of the ultimate networking group for neurodivergent minds! Stay tuned for our launch and discover a world of possibilities ✨ #neurodivergentnetworking #like-mindedminds #neurodiversitymatters #embracingdifferences #neurodiversitycommunity #neurodiversityinclusion #diversestrengths #neurodivergentempowerment #connectingneurodiversity #neurodivergentpride #neurodivergentrevolution #differentnotless #autismacceptance #neurodivergentvoices #neurodivergentnetwork #neurodiversityrocks #neurodivergentempowerment #neurodivergentunity #neurodiversitymovement #celebrateneurodiversity
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Being on camera terrifies me. But here’s my face again! 😰 I wanted to take this time to tell you more about me and my work. So swipe away ➡️ What else would you like to know? Let me know in the comments. #neurodivergenttalent #virtualassistantservices #virtualassistant #virtualassistantforhire #neurodivergentvirtualassistant #neurodivergentnetwork #neurodivergentsolutions
What does it mean to be yourself? All too often, this is a statement that, when directed at neurodivergents, what is really meant is, "be the version of you that I understand and am comfortable accepting." Being yourself has come to mean, be the version of you that your culture/society/environment has found believable and most easy to deal with. So many times neurodivergents are told to be themselves, yet when they do make attempts to push beyond the learned skills of masking necessary for survival in an NT world to show more of their true nature, they're immediately reprimanded, corrected or dismissed. "Be yourself, but more like me." "Be yourself, but not like that." "Be yourself, but only the parts that I consider acceptable." We currently live in a world built by NTs for NTs where being our authentic selves is a form of loving rebellion. In a world that profits off our compliance, from resigning ourselves to outdated ill-fitting roles, embracing our authentic selves and loving all the aspects contain therein becomes a form of loving protest. You belong here. Just as you are. You and your incredible way of processing and experiencing the world around you matters. You matter, you are valuable. And I am so glad you are here. -sʀ- #imagedescription : There is a photo of reddish-orange rocky cliffs overlooking a deep blue ocean. The grey-blue sky stretches across the top. The image is the third in a 3 part panoramic series. There is text overlaid on the image. The text reads, those who benefit from your compliance will rarely encourage your authenticity. Be authentic anyway."
April 1st marks the beginning of "Autism Awareness Month". A title fitting for a day more popular for celebrating pranks and tricking those around us, as the ambiguous nature of "awareness" itself is a bit of a joke. A joke because the autistic community is far beyond needing people to be aware of who we are and what we are deserving of (some of which is, spoiler alert, acceptance and inclusion built around our basic human rights). As autistics we don't need others to simply be aware we exist. We need AND deserve acceptance. Acceptance that paves a path towards inclusion within a society we belong in just as much as everyone else. I was late-diagnosed, a common feature for female-presenting autistics. Growing up, April Fool's Day filled me with anxiety. I made mental and physical notes to remind myself not to believe anything said to me on this day, to protect myself from being outside of a joke. It was only years later, after my diagnosis that I realized why the day activated my stress responses so deeply. It reminded me of how I felt almost everyday--never knowing what was meant, as my literal interpretation of words and events was so often mirrored back to me as being inaccurate. Autistics often feel we are outside looking in of the world around us, living daily with the feeling of being left out of the joke, or worse yet, feeling like we are the punchline. Our existence is natural, and we are here, whether anyone is aware or even accepting, of that or not. We are only getting stronger, as we connect to each other and share our experiences. We must continue to create a world that we want to live in, a world that doesn't just accept us, but also includes us and celebrates us. #imagedescription : There is a photo of reddish-orange rocky cliffs overlooking a deep blue ocean with the grey-blue sky above. The image is the second photo in a 3 photo panorama series. The image has been altered to display bright warm tones and there is text over the image. The text is an Anaïs Nin quote that reads, "Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people's."
Friday. More like Fri-yay, amiright? If you’re lucky enough to have a steady paycheck and some cash to splash on the weekend, sure. While the Australian national unemployment rate is “officially” at 5.2% *cough* what about the #underemployed *cough*, the rate of unemployment in the Autistic community is off the charts, with around 85% of autistic people not being able to find suitable jobs and with the few who do often challenged by their work environment. www.facebook.com/AWIBAVIC is a place for Autistic Women to connect and share resources around navigating employment and creating their own businesses based on their unique strengths, interests and needs. Because #neurodiversity is something to be celebrated every day of the week. #AWIBA #greatmindsdontthinkalike #neurodivergentnetwork #WeAreAble #autismatwork #onethingforautism #autisticwomen #autismadvantage #australiatalks
You were born to be you and no one else. You are enough. You are enough as you are, today, in this moment. . . When I first began sharing with friends and family about being autistic, I was often told the same variety of responses many of us grow accustomed to hearing: •I couldn’t be autistic •I didn’t look autistic •I wasn’t like _____(their friend/child/favorite fictional character) who was “actually autistic” •That I was loved “regardless of my difference” (Thanks?) •Not to let a label define me •That everyone was a little autistic And so on. . . I felt depleted from years of misunderstandings, masking and the inevitable confusion that led to. I grew uncomfortable talking openly about myself and anything autism/asperger/spectrum-related. But as many of you know and understand, despite all of these challenges, there is still a strong desire to connect with others, in our own ways. . . For the last few years I’ve struggled to find my voice. But even stronger than my desire for privacy and tendency to withdraw is my ever-growing passion for one of my most favorite special interests: ALL THINGS autism-related. Whether it’s reading articles, books, and blogs or listening to and watching podcasts, videos, and stories, I want to learn everything I can related to autism, neurodivergence, and allyship. I also want to share my experiences, and learn about YOU and your unique way of experiencing the world. So here I am. . . For so long I felt (and sometimes still feel, ) I was outside looking in. But now I know there are so many other neurodivergent minds outside here with me. We are not alone. . . To all of you, thank you for being you. We are all enough. Just as we are. Thank you for being here. . . . . . . . #actuallyautistic #doilookautisticyet #autist #aspie #asperger #aspergirl #autism #autistic #autismismysuperpower #asd #embraceneurodiversity #neurodivergent #autismacceptance #redinstead #loveisablackcat #photocollage #digitalcollage #autismadvocate #neuroauthentic #neuroauthenticity #neurodivergentnetwork