Welcome to the final installment of our series on supporting neurodivergent children through puberty. In Parts 1 and 2, we explored the unique challenges puberty presents for neurodivergent youth and the foundational strategies for proactive communication, education, and boundary-setting. Now, we turn to what happens when the journey gets rocky—how to support your child through […]
Welcome back to our series on supporting neurodivergent children through puberty. In Part 1, we explored the fundamental changes that occur during puberty—from the biological processes driving physical development to the complex social landscape shifts that most teens navigate. We examined how these universal experiences can present unique challenges for neurodivergent youth, including amplified sensory […]
A Journey Back in Time Before we dive into supporting our children, I invite you to take a moment and close your eyes. Think back to your own experience of puberty. Can you remember the intense mood swings that seemed to come out of nowhere? The desperate desire to fit in with your peers? The […]
For many late diagnosed neurodivergent women, myself included, understanding your neurotype can be pivotal in exploring other aspects of your identity – like sexuality and gender identity. Understanding AuDHD felt like finding the answer to a question I had been pondering my entire life. While this newfound understanding of my neurotype felt affirming, it also […]
The AuDHD Mother’s Handbook: Affirming Therapy for Women in Branchburg, NJ Children are such joys, blessings, gifts. They are also loud, messy, unpredictable, and in a word, overstimulating. There are endless demands in parenthood. For neurodivergent mothers, the demands of parenthood can be particularly taxing. There is that nagging thought, that fear of never being […]
Many women discover their neurodivergence later in life. This is often after years of misdiagnosis or struggling with unexplained challenges. The journey typically involves a constellation of symptoms that can be attributed to various conditions: anxiety, depression, burnout, or “just being lazy.” But for many women, these symptoms are actually manifestations of undiagnosed ADHD, complicated […]
Just one more hour, I tell myself. Even as the words formulate in my mind, I know they are a lie. A lie that I have told myself over and over again. A lie that has time and time again resulted in sitting in a space in pain and trying to push through or pretend I […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives. It’s made life more stressful, unpredictable, and mentally draining. Like many parents, you’re working from home and your kids are learning from home. Having a child with ADHD can be immensely stressful during this time, as they may need extra guidance and redirection. You need to […]