4.4
Ekonomi & Business
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.
Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.” Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it).
Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062877499
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 24 mars 2020
4.4
Ekonomi & Business
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”--only ever labeled as anxiety-- were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity—a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups. When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.
Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are “different.” Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it’s not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it).
Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062877499
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 24 mars 2020
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Evert
4 aug. 2023
Hade höga förhoppningar. Men precis som många andra uttryckt i sina recensioner så upplever jag att inte alla kommer kunna känna igen sig i denna bok, som främst vänder sig till högfungerande individer med något priviligierade bakgrunder och tillgång till olika typer av hjälpmedel. Den lägger stor fokus på olika individer som lyckats bli framgångsrika trots sin autism och beskriver hur de nyttjat sina styrkor. Det är inte riktigt en allmän ”divergent mind” som beskrivs. Författaren glömmer bort helt vanliga ”mediokra” kvinnor och framförallt de kvinnor som bara inte kan få vardagen att fungera. Istället ligger fokus nästan enkom vid framstående entreprenörer, forskare och andra individer som lyckats väl i livet. Superpeppigt, absolut. Men efter att ha blivit bombarderad av framgångssagor om högfungerande kvinnor så fick boken mig att känna mig lite dålig. Längtar tills det kommer en bok som ger mer konkreta tips och ser det bredar spektrumet av livsöden till skillnad från denna bok.
Lisa
7 mars 2022
En intressant bok. De första delarna kändes mer relevanta för mig. Den är helt klart skriven ur ett amerikanskt perspektiv vilket i sig kan vara intressant då kultur och samhälle i många stycken skiljer sig från vår nordiska. Rekommenderas till den som vill ta en djupdykning ner i ämnet och dess många nya tankar.
Ylva
23 apr. 2020
Very important book. Pertinent to the way in which we want to live in the world with others. An ode to one kind of diversity and suggestions on how to shift the way the world thinks, acts and creates culture around people who process sensory input differently. One very important journey to go on if we’re interested in realising social justice. The question being who decides what is normal/normative, how and why? Read it.
Nuuv
4 jan. 2024
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