My Neurodivergent Life

We continue our conversation about the neurodivergent wish list. These are things I wish people knew about being neurodivergent, it’s not personal, it’s just my Ferrari brain has bicycle brakes. Next on the list is the problem of too many notifications, and then we talk about deadlines. And bonus, we talk about the three words I have on my wall behind me.  It says “make people happy”.  And spoiler...

I have a wish list.  It’s a wish list to all the neurotypical people in my life.  It’s the things that I wish NT people understood about my neurodivergent life.  These are the top 10 things, and today we cover the top two.  1 - Even though it may seem like I’m not listening, I am listening.  And 2 - Please, don’t move my stuff.  Gabby and I really uncover what’s at the root of these things and how...

Let’s talk about labels.  Labels labels labels.  It seems like lately we’re obsessed with labeling every little quirk, proclivity, personality trait. Why is that?  Are we slapping labels on everything now just because it’s trendy?  Are labels a way of excusing responsibilities for things?  Or is it something else?

Today Gabby and talk about someone who’s autism may have contributed to the conviction of an alleged crime and possibly his sentence.  Because of how people with autism are often perceived as unfeeling or detached, should that bias be taken into account in these situations?  How does this translate to our everyday lives?  Do we misinterpret or mistreat autistic people based on how we expect them t...

Why DIY?  What compels us neurodivergent folks to want to DIY all the things?  Is it a feature, is it a bug? That constant little itch when we see a need, or an idea, or a product and we think “I could do that.” Maybe I could do it better…  There’s huge value in that DIY mentality, even if we fail. Because we learned what didn’t work, and then we can learn to fail faster.  Maybe that’s why there a...

Today we talk about the phenomenon of how Later often turns into never.  For me it goes beyond work projects or major tasks, it’s emails, texts, phone calls, simple little things that just seem to fall through the cracks.  And when I do realize what’s happened, the negative self talk flood gates open wide.  So this week we’re going to talk about some strategies that we use to help avoid later limb...

Richard Branson has a new venture.  He calls it the "Dyslexic University".  Gabby and I dig into what this is all about, and turns out to be a bit different than we expected. 

Every hero has an origin story.  Gabby Nistico and Rick MacIvor also have origin stories.  We realize a good place to start any story is at the beginning.  So, let's do that.

In this non-episode episode, Gabby Nistico and Rick MacIvor lay out the basic premise of where we are headed.