autism
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Mindblown… I was thinking that in 2021, I had a three-year undergraduate degree from 1998. Now, just over four years later, I upgraded to a four-year honours undergraduate degree, I have a Master’s, and I am in the process of working to get a PhD. Who am I? If you had told me in 1998, with my…
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So many masks, so little time. I feel like I wear many masks to help hide the parts of me that are often misunderstood—those parts that have been called abrasive or revisionist. I know it’s my nonlinear thoughts, my style of communication, and my word choice, but when I try to explain, please don’t accuse…
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A day in the life of my ADHD Contradictions. I feel like these are aspects of ADHD that nobody can understand unless they are diagnosed. Contradictions, the dictionary defines it as a situation or ideas in opposition to one another; I feel this is the best way to describe ADHD. This is probably why I am skeptical…
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It has been a lot; this year has included many changes, some of which I could go along with, and others challenged me. For those who do not know my history, I could say go back and read my previous blog posts, but that would be a jerk thing to say, and I do not think…
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Sorry I know its been awhile, and I promise to post more often. With my ADHD time blindness that means it will continue to be sporatic. Sorry I spent most of last summer editing and re-editing this op-ed to be published at the end of September prior to students returning to school. After much back…
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What are these feelings? They are such a contradiction. Elated, terrified, excited, overwhelmed…all at once. As most of you know, last week, I received an email I have been patiently waiting for, my offer of admission to the Ph.D. program at York. When I was applying for my master’s, someone said the most challenging part of grad…
Random Acts of ADHD: ADHD is not what you do but who you are 