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Neuro-Diversity and a Ramped Up Stress Response

6/19/2022

At one time that ELEVATED STRESS RESPONSE may have been your secret weapon until it turned against you.

Further, I think we need to start considering:

Heart Disease
Autoimmune Disease
Cancer
Neuro-Developmental Differences involving Maternal Immune Activation,
Psychiatric Disorders and
Substance Issues

AS INTER-RELATED --- maybe different manifestations of the LONG TERM EFFECTS of DEVELOPMENTAL and AFTER-ACQUIRED INFLAMMATION.

See Frontiers in Psychology --- A Translational Perspective of Maternal Immune Activation by SARS-CoV-2 on the Potential Prenatal Origin of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Role of the Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway (2021)

To me, what we haven't come to terms with is:

people are coming with DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
- this is on one level more problematic than simple LIFESTYLE CHANGES,
- on the other hand, it may require LIFESTYLE CHANGES that are FAR BEYOND our current conceptualizations.

Neurodiversity Is a Competitive Advantage - Harvard Business ...
https://hbr.org › 2017/05 › neurodiversity-as-a-competi...

“Neurodiversity is the idea that neurological differences like autism and ADHD are ... Managing neurodiverse employees' stress presents another challenge.

Editorial: Stress and Immunity (2019)

Long-term and chronic stress leads to persistently high cortisol and corticosteroid levels, which cause resistance to cortisol and impaired anti-inflammatory effects on the immune system.

Such effects result in chronic infection, chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases, or cancers as well as other physiological disorders.

Chronic stress also inhibits the cross talk of immune cells and signaling networks.

Stress and Drug Abuse: A Structural and Genetic Link
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com › view › stress-and-dr...

Oct 31, 2019 — Specific genetic changes are linked both to stress responses and an ability to abstain from addictive substances. A multi-center research study ..

Psych Scene Hub: The Impact of Maternal Stress on the Fetal Brain-- Key Mechanisms (updated 2020)

Inflammation, Anxiety, and Stress in Attention-Deficit ... - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC8533349

Stress and Inflammation in Patients with ADHD · by LF Saccaro · 2021 · Cited by 5 — Strengthening the hypothesis that HPA axis impairment may be related to ADHD symptoms . . .

Study links heightened stress reaction to autism-related GI ...

“We know that it's common for individuals with autism to have a more-intense reaction to stress, and some of these patients seem to experience frequent constipation, abdominal pain or other gastrointestinal issues,” says the study's senior author, David Beversdorf, a neurologist with the University of Missouri's ...Jan 10, 2017

Dyslexia as an adaptation to cortico-limbic stress system ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC7231974

by JR Kershner · 2020 · Cited by 7 — The important upshot of this is that reading ability has a lower threshold for stress-induced environmental compromise than general intelligence. Hence dyslexia ...
‎Abstract · ‎Introduction · ‎Stress levels, behavior, and... · ‎Epigenetics, the stress axis...

RCCX Theory and Giftedness: A Promising New Line of Research

According to Dr. Meglathery, those with the CAPS profile are
at higher risk of chronic illness, especially when an individual
has inherited two copies of CYP21A2 mutations, one from
each parent.

The crux of the CAPS profile is a brain wired for survival--the ability to move fast, the ability to get into flow, the ability to really push oneself, all of which are what we in the gifted community view as overexcitabilities.

Dr. Meglathery’s description of a brain with CAPS echoes familiar refrains from the gifted literature: “[The CAPS brain] is characterized by an exaggerated stress response, sensory
sensitivities, hyper-focus, strong special interests, often mental gifts paired with learning disabilities/Asperger’s, an androgenized brain.”

-----page 8-9.

Giftedness & Parkinson's

6/8/2022

High IQ in Early Adulthood Is Associated with Parkinson's Disease

July 2020
Journal of Parkinson's Disease

Scientists link immune cells to Parkinson's disease onset. Summary: A new study adds increasing evidence that Parkinson's disease is partly an autoimmune disease.

In fact, the researchers report that signs of autoimmunity can appear in Parkinson's disease patients years before their official diagnosis. Apr 20, 2020

Autoimmunity plays a role in Parkinson's disease, study suggests

High intelligence: A risk factor for psychological and ...https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii

by RI Karpinski · 2018 · Cited by 147 — Further, increased evidence of allergies, autoimmune disease, sensory sensitivity and high IQ has been found in a subset of individuals with ADHD

High rates of parkinsonism in adults with autism
https://jneurodevdisorders.biomedcentral.com › articles

by S Starkstein · 2015 · Cited by 78 — The finding of high rates of Parkinson's disease in older adults with autism is likely to be only one of many potential new findings to be ...

Parkinson's disease and Dyslexia - eHealthMe
https://www.ehealthme.com › parkinson-s-disease › dys...

Dyslexia is found among people with Parkinson's disease, especially for people who are male, old. The study analyzes which people have Dyslexia with Parkinson's ...

To mask or not to mask

5/19/2022

Conjecture

So a few things when it comes to the BLURRED CATEGORIES of ADHD and AUTISM ---- and I would say also DYSLEXIA, OCD and GIFTEDNESS and others as well:
- More INTENSE EMOTIONS which are related to ---
- RAMPED UP SENSORY PROCESSING this is related to ---
- The PERCEPTION & PRACTICAL REALITY of Slower Processing Speed
- There is a lot of MISSED or LATE DIAGNOSIS

So I think Paige is right --- many people are MASKING and they don't even know it
- AND because many are NOT NEATLY PATTERN MAPPING to DSM 5 Categories and MORE FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES are IN THE PROCESS of BEING RECOGNIZED and DISCOVERED (i.e. BIOMARKERS)---
  - Some of us have really been through it.
  - And what we've been through does qualify as "SOCIETAL ABUSE."
    - as UNWITTING as it is.
    - Further, some people have been through a lot more than others.

I would submit that MOST of the people who are HOMELESS or INCARCERATED are NEURO-DIVERSE -- and

They are in a SOCIETY that doesn't think it should have to ACCOMMODATE Executive Functioning Differences --
AND by and large wouldn't know how to ACCOMMODATE those DIFFERENCES even if they wanted to.

On the one hand, I do think not CRAMMING NEURO-DIVERSE people into Neuro-Typical Work Environments is part of the answer.

Supported Entrepreneurship
We, of course, already have Supported Entrepreneurship ---
- it's a few Neuro-Diverse people at the TOP
- often EXPLOITING Neuro-Typicals so those Neuro-Diverse great ideas actually have a chance of succeeding.

This really is Different Minds need to learn to play nice and work together without BURNING each other out or EXPLOITING each other.

Paige Layle
WHAT IS MASKING? | Autism & How Masking Makes Me Feel

Asperger's from the Inside
The WORST ADVICE you can give an Autistic person [Just Take Off the Mask] #TakeTheMaskOff

How to ADHD
The Problem with Masking ADHD and Autism (burnout, etc.)

Neuro-Diverse People tend NOT to be great WORKER BEES --- They tend to be better INNOVATORS*

5/17/2022

*Also Entrepreneurs, Artists, and Mono-Taskers in which the task is sufficiently complex

Conjecture

A big part of this is that the Society just isn't set up for people with significantly different SENSORY PROCESSING ISSUES and the RAMIFICATIONS.

The more that changes, the more AWARENESS on the part of everyone --- the more opportunities that opens up

If you are processing significantly MORE INFORMATION and / or you have differences or deficits such as in DSYLEXIA ----- that's A TIME COST.

If that TIME COST is not factored in to one's work life, family life, personal life --- it is becoming more and more FORESEEABLE that:
- the person could be headed for a BURNOUT, and
- in extreme cases, BREAKDOWN.

Processing Speed is Impaired in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Relates to Social Communication Abilities

Helping a Child Who Has ADHD and Slow Processing Speed
https://www.verywellmind.com › ADHD › School

Oct 11, 2021 — Students with ADHD may be very bright, but slow processing speed can get in the way of schoolwork.

Dyslexia often causes a delay in the brain's processing speed. Those tests which reward speed, will always discriminate against children with this difficulty, consigning them to the bottom. One of the most widely used tests used to identify dyslexia is Rapid Automatic Naming known as RAN.

Processing Speed (RAN) | Nessy

SENSORY OVERLOAD and SLOW PROCESSING on the surface are such BORING ISSUES.

BUT I think they are keys to understanding why Neuro-Diverse people are struggling SO MUCH in our HYPER-EFFICIENT SOCIETY and why:

Their Developmental Differences are often progressing to ----
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.

Accurate Views of Ourselves are Crucial to Reduce the Anxiety Many Feel

5/14/2022

We're NOT perfect even if we were told we were "gifted."

We're NOT idiots even if others didn't recognize our intelligence or talent.

Conjecture

Gifted people fall all over various spectrums --- BUT there are definitely a Group that Struggled in School and a Group that Did GREAT in School.
I think there is often the "IDEA" that the "gifted" kids that did GREAT in school are STRAIGHT "GIFTED" and NOT 2e.
- My observation is that is just not the case.

Further, more and more Educators of Gifted Students are recognizing that these kids do often have EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DIFFERENCES.
- The idea that this is JUST ATTRIBUTABLE to NOT having to STUDY ----
  - I think is NOT REALITY.
- Further --- If you can pull it off --- you are probably MASKING in one or more ways.
- Because we have some often "SELF-DEFEATING IDEAS" about "EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING" and that there is "NO EXCUSE" for DIFFERENCES.
  - Whenever I hear "NO EXCUSE" --- I know I'm dealing with someone who is wanting to argue with REALITY.
  - I don't think you have to "AGREE" with any behavior --- BUT the BOTTOM LINE is there are going to be REASONS for it ---
    - AND those reasons aren't always what we "THINK."

More and more there are links between "giftedness," neuro-developmental differences and disorders, psychiatric disorders AND SENSORY PROCESSING DIFFERENCES.

ADHD and AUTISM are quite BLURRED.

There is an interesting study that posits that AUTISM is not a reduced or hypo development of the PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX --- it's a HYPER DEVELOPMENT of the PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX.

Resilience
Artist Development & Production

My observation is that there are a lot of "gifted" people in the LEGAL PROFESSION.

BUT a lot of lawyers found that the practice of law in some cases could be more like a Scott Turow novel than the learned profession they thought they were going into.

In any case, you were often confronted with a fair number of aggressive, smart people concerned with "JUSTICE" that got in over their heads.
At some point --- YOU may have become one of those people.

A lot of people have strong feelings about "JUSTICE" ---- people who went into LAW often have very strong feelings about "JUSTICE."

Adulting with Exceptionalities in the Criminal Justice System

ATTORNEY WELL BEING has become a HOT TOPIC in the past few years.

There are a lot reasons for that that operate on multiple levels.
BUT one of the reasons I think is that there are a fair number of "GIFTED" people with EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DIFFERENCES in a SYSTEM that is NOT prepared to ACCEPT them.

See Also: Frontiers of Neuroscience (2020)

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit abnormal processing of sensory inputs from multiple modalities and higher-order cognitive/behavioral response to those inputs.

Especially in Law & Medicine, I think you sometimes see "gifted people" who are sometimes quite BLURRED aspects of ADHD and Autism.

Different Minds --- Trying to get off the "road to hell"

5/14/2022

I think for both Neuro-Typicals and Neuro-Diverse people the ROAD TO HELL WAS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
"COULD YOU JUST TRY ---- THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING COULD YOU JUST TRY"

So many Neuro-Diverse people were ABUSED by the EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
The other side of that is so many Neuro-Diverse people were at the TOP of that SYSTEM and are spending so much time in ADULTHOOD trying NOT TO BE ARROGANT that they don't realize or painfully do realize many people consider them IDIOTS.

If you define "IDIOT" as someone whose EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING is DIFFERENT than a NEURO-TYPICAL'S EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING ---- then many NEURO-DIVERSE people are going to satisfy the criteria for this DEFINITION of "IDIOT."

If you define "GENIUS" as someone with SUBSTANTIVE STRENGTHS in greater proportions than Neuro-Typicals --- then many Neuro-Diverse people are going to satisfy the criteria for this DEFINITION of "GENIUS."

What BOTH Neuro-Typical and Neuro-Diverse people need is a MORE BALANCED VIEW of themselves and each other.

It really does come down to Einstein's insight ---- Let's not try to turn that Elephant into a Fish.
- Let's Up our game in identifying our own and others NATURAL STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES and
- Get CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE in WORKING TOGETHER for the benefit of Ourselves and Others.

A Strength-Based Approach for people with "Hyper-Connected Brains" is desperately needed. Is that going to be ENOUGH?--- Probably not.

5/5/2022

We're pretty much pushing the LIMITS of "HYPER-CONNECTED BRAINS" and Greater SENSORY PROCESSING.

Certainly in the "Gifted Community" --- there's recognition but there is also DENIAL.

With regard to relationships ---- "GIFTED" people really struggle ---
- they may have thought they really just needed to find someone who is just as smart and/or talented as they are
- if they managed to do that --- that generally didn't work out as well as they thought it was going to.

- One of the "GO TO EXPLANATIONS" has been--- well, "GIFTED" people are so drawn to "NOVELTY" that this is making relationships difficult
  - Is that true --- it could be.

The larger problem is that "GIFTED" / NEURO-DIVERSE people are so "SENSITIVE" or "REACTIVE" to the ENVIRONMENT --- STABILITY IS NOT THEIR MIDDLE NAME.

On the other hand, Neuro-Diverse people may be able to SOLVE A DETAILED PROBLEM or INTEGRATE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS of INFORMATION into ART for that "BIG PICTURE" --- a lot quicker than anybody else.

In our Society, a lot of what we tend to do is either put "GIFTED" / NEURO-DIVERSE people on a PEDESTAL or we're so pre-occupied with their EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DIFFERENCES --- that their BIG STRENGTHS get MISSED ALL TOGETHER.

Prince Ea --- "OUCH"

A lot of Neuro-Diverse people are in a lot of EMOTIONAL PAIN and that is sometimes accompanied with PHYSICAL PAIN.

RELATIONSHIPS are important for all people and they are certainly important for NEURO-DIVERSE PEOPLE

BUT

If we don't get to the UNDERLYING BIOLOGY of GREATER SENSORY OVERLOAD --- saying "OUCH" as important as it is ---

It is probably not going to be ENOUGH.

This goes beyond "ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS" to a POPULATION that has increasingly HIGHER LEVELS of NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION --- Neuro-Developmental DIFFERENCES and Psychiatric Disorders.

Cancer & Neuro-Diversity --- The Crying Need for Accelerating Integrated Physical & Mental Health Care

4/27/2022

Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology (2021)
The Role of Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Brain Tumors

So one of the BIG PROBLEMS with the DSM 5 SYMPTOM CLUSTERS is it MISSES COMMON SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION and GENES across DISORDERS.

So people are NOT NEATLY PATTERN MAPPING to these SYMPTOM CLUSTERS and there is a lot of LATE DIAGNOSIS and EMERGENCIES and CRISES.

Further --- people are "MASKING" generally for as long as they can --- so by the time some of these issues come to light --- the person may be pretty far down the road of psychiatric illness.

Beyond that people with PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES often have ONE or MORE PSYCHIATRIC CO-MORBIDITIES --- BUT they also may have PHYSICAL HEALTH CO-MORBIDITIES that in one way or another are related to this NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION.

To really appreciate the DYNAMICS in most parts of the world --- you need to understand that most MODERN POPULATIONS have LOW GRADE INFLAMMATION and 1/4 to 1/5 of those populations have some type of psychiatric issue.

Further, autoimmune disease is rampant as are Cancer and other Inflammatory Diseases.

This is where we need PRECISION MEDICINE because this INFLAMMATION does affect us quite INDIVIDUALLY.

The Impact of Systemic Inflammation on Neurodevelopment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC6110951

by NM Jiang · 2018 · Cited by 114 -- Several neurodevelopmental disorders have been linked to early life immune activation and inflammation, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) ...
Ascending infection: infection during pregnancy ...
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis: set .

Cancer and systemic inflammation: treat the tumour ... - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC3960633

by CSD Roxburgh · 2014 · Cited by 293 -- Relationship between systemic inflammatory response, symptom clusters and survival ... Symptoms associated with cancer are commonly regarded as natural sequelae ...
‎Measurement of the systemic... · ‎Relationship between... · ‎Treatment of cancer...

The curious connection between autism and cancer | Spectrum https://www.spectrumnews.org › features › deep-dive

Jan 11, 2017 -- The growing number of cancer genes linked to autism piqued the curiosity of Janine LaSalle, an autism researcher at the University of California ...

Autism and Cancer - EKU Onlinehttps://ekuonline.eku.edu › blog › psychology › autism...

Apr 7, 2021 — While autism spectrum disorder and cancer may appear entirely unrelated, there is actually a significant amount of overlap within the ...

Is there a Genetic Link between Autism and Cancer? https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org › 2017/04

Apr 12, 2017 — Dozens of genes have been linked to both autism and cancer. ... neck, thyroid, prostate, skin, breast, and lung cancer, and much more.

Subsequently Added:

Karlinska Institutet in Sweden

New study shows antioxidants stimulate blood flow in tumors

August 23, 2023

"Vitamin C and other antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumors, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows.

"The discovery corroborates the idea that dietary supplements containing antioxidants can accelerate tumor growth and metastasis."

Someone like myself who is very short ---- might have a lot of SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION but there does seem to be something that is PROTECTIVE about SHORT STATURE when it comes to CANCER and even DIABETES.

Summary: A long-term study finds extremely low incidence of cancer and diabetes among individuals with a growth-stunting genetic defect. The authors ask whether controlling growth hormone in healthy adults might provide similar protection. Feb 16, 2011

Dwarfism gene linked to protection from cancer and diabetes

On the other hand, I haven't been protected from Neuro-Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Thyroid Disease and Osteoporosis.

Petite and thin women have a greater chance of developing osteoporosis. One reason is that they have less bone to lose than women with more body weight and larger frames. Similarly, small-boned, thin men are at greater risk than men with larger frames and more body weight. Broken bones. Jul 30, 2021

Osteoporosis: Are You at Risk? - WebMD

(I'm NOT thin, BUT I am SHORT)

Someone like my husband who recently passed away from LUNG CANCER ---

NEVER Smoked
Was 5'11"
had a mother with Bipolar Disorder
Given my mother-in-law's history of psychiatric illness, I think it likely that Rick was born with significant NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION
I would say he was quite BRILLIANT --- he would not trust that as EXAGGERATION
Had a lot of ANXIETY
Surprisingly had issues with CHRONIC DISORGANIZATION.
Was probably exposed to RADON in the family home in Colorado as a child in the 1950s and 1960s.
RADON EXPOSURE is the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer.
I think the possibility that Rick already had significant NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION "may" have made him MORE VULNERABLE to a DEADLY DISEASE ---- he and his family didn't think he had to worry about because he didn't smoke.

Although calcium signal remodeling involves changes of different Ca2+-permeable channels, Ca2+ entry through ORAI channels is particularly important, as its dysregulation contribute to cancer features such as sustained proliferation, apoptosis resistance and invasion.Jul 7, 2020

Calcium Permeable Channels in Cancer Hallmarks - Frontiers

NIMH: ADHD, Autism, Bipolar Disorder , Depression & Schizophrenia Share Problems with Calcium Channels (2013)

Clinical features and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in ...
https://www.uptodate.com › contents › clinical-features-an...

by J Rivest · Cited by 1 -- Patients with cancer have a high rate of comorbid psychiatric disorders as well as nonspecific psychological distress .

"PAIN," SENSORY OVERLOAD and LEGAL & ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE ISSUES --- and HEALTH NUTS who are Not Always Living Longer

4/25/2022

Conjecture

I've always been able to manage my substance issues within a perimeter of LEGALITY.
- BUT there are certainly people who are not struggling with DIET COKE like I am.
- Further, I always felt like if I can't handle sugar -- I don't think the next step is some more recognized mind-altering substance.

I have had people in my family who have died from legal substance issues.
- Alcohol and
- Smoking

Further, I have had people I have loved very much in my extended family with ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE ISSUES.

To me these are "MEDICAL ISSUES" and if they could be easily solved with a LECTURE we wouldn't have these issues.

Neurodivergent people are more likely to experience pain ...
https://www.mqmentalhealth.org › neurodivergence-an...

Feb 2, 2022 — Neurodivergent people are more than twice as likely to have hypermobile joints and are more likely to experience pain on a regular basis, ...

Image Credit: NeuroClastic

RSD = Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

A Couple of Things:

I like this image because it gets beyond RSD as associated with ADHD -- and gets to the more FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORY of NEURO-DIVERGENCE
- which appears to be often related to greater Neuro-Developmental Inflammation.
I think Neuro-Divergent people are quite desperate at this point to get Executive Functioning Issues OUT ON THE TABLE ---
- as well as have more opportunities to exercise some of their BIG STRENGTHS which come from having HYPER-CONNECTED BRAINS.

Why that HEALTH NUT may not Live Longer?

We're really talking about the LONG TERM EFFECTS of DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION.
In Modern Times, that HEALTH NUT may be the equivalent of the RELIGIOUS ZEALOT.
Further, a lot of this activity whether on the Health front, or the Religious front or OTHER FRONT --
- may be an effort to keep Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria at bay and
- try to MANAGE a SYSTEM in which BALANCE is ELUSIVE, and
- SENSORY OVERWHELM is fairly constant.

AWARENESS is important.

We wouldn't expect someone with DOWN SYNDROME to "CURE" DOWN SYNDROME with LIFESTYLE CHANGES even though LIFESTYLE CHANGES could be beneficial.

The NEEDS of people with greater NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION are just BEGINNING to be appreciated.

Neuro-Diversity, Gender and Sexuality

4/20/2022

There are a lot of people in the LGBTQ+ Community who are Neuro-Diverse.

There are also a lot of people in the Heterosexual Community who are Neuro-Diverse ---- and often have trait combinations people are NOT EXPECTING:

You're a Girlie Girl who is pretty aggressive and/or hyper-intellectual
Maybe you're a Technical Guy whose pretty passive aggressive.

Or maybe:

You are pretty far from the Girlie Girl ---- you're some kind of Nature Woman and Talk to Animals or
You are that Sensitive Guy --- BUT that Aggressiveness comes out quite a bit.

Neuro-Diversity is really where HUMANITY comes to know itself ---- because things tend to be on the EXTREMES --- and easier to see.

Or --- In UNUSUAL COMBINATIONS.

Now --- it can be hard to talk like this in a HIERARCHICAL, TOP DOWN SOCIETY with a lot of IN GROUPS and OUT GROUPS.

The ostensible reason is: we don't want to be disrespectful, we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings --- and that is true to a point.

BUT the larger problem is that we're skeptical about this EQUALITY business ---

Of course, buying into INEQUALITY and constant ups and downs of IN GROUPS and OUT GROUPS means ---- things feel UNSTABLE and MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION is often not safe to have on the AGENDA.

I'm posting the excerpt below right for some COUNTER-INTUITIVE reasons --- and it really goes to the "INVISIBILITY" that many Neuro-Diverse people feel.

Ironically, I think the LGBTQ+ Movement has given a segment of the Neuro-Diverse Community some much needed "VISIBILITY."

On the other hand, other segments of the Neuro-Diverse Community are quite "INVISIBLE" to most of Neuro-Typical Society.

On the other, other hand --- you really can't say that the needs of the LGBTQ+ Community are being met and in some quarters there is some DANGEROUS DENIAL. I think in the circles I run in --- there is AWARENESS but I don't see that AWARENESS for others.

The IRONY or NOT IRONY is --- the MORE you seem to look like everyone else --- the harder it is not only for other people but for you yourself to realize that you may have some DIFFERENCES that need to be taken into account to maintain your own well being.

Mom On The Spectrum:
16 Overlooked Autistic Traits in Women

#1 is Problems in Romantic Relationships, including some kind of Sexual Abuse or Assault.

Stuart Anderson:
ADHD Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

Retired Colorado Psychiatrist William Dodson should be credited with recognizing "Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria" in ADHD.

The Needs of Neuro-Diverse people with a Darker Skin Color or Different Ethnicity are also routinely overlooked.

How To ADHD:
What It's Like to be ADHD and BLACK

GENDER FLUIDITY

Important: We mention gender fluidity here not as an illness
or disease, but rather as a state of being that plays a part in
RCCX theory and appears more prevalent in the gifted
population than in the general population.

The RCCX complex of genes is associated with gender fluidity,
perhaps because of the way our bodies respond to hormones.

Dr. Meglathery’s thoughts on gender fluidity match the fact that those in the gifted community have long observed a
higher than expected level of gender fluidity in gifted
populations.

Those involved with highly and profoundly gifted
populations, in particular, have noticed a higher than
expected number of young adults transitioning in recent years
from male to female or from female to male.

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