We begin by questioning normativity itself. What does it mean to be the one asked to adapt? Drawing on your writing about epistemic injustice and invisible strain, we map the unspoken rules that exclude or exhaust neurodivergent people.
This week we explore what it means to lead, live, or learn with dignity when constantly misread. We’ll bring in language that reflects dignity, not dysfunction.
We challenge the idea that attention, expression, or interaction must look a certain way. Through stories, embodiment, and design thinking, we reflect on your phrase “politics of presence” and how to be in the room without betraying ourselves.
In our final session, we consider the possibility of systemic redesign. From family to workplace, from school to therapy room and ask what could change if the default were built for divergence? We close with practices for sustaining neuro-affirming environments.
This 4-week online course includes live 90-minute weekly sessions with space for sharing, thinking, feeling, and unmasking. You’ll receive access to reflective prompts, reading excerpts, and optional journalling between sessions. We meet in a neuro-affirming space — flexible, scaffolded, and lightly held, with care taken around sensory overwhelm, cognitive load, and shame.
Tone: gentle, smart, subversive. No fixing. Just making space.
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