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"Arguably, men made me hate men. Stripping just let me see them at their most men-ish"

I attended a training recently on working with neurodivergent colleagues and decided to listen to this book for a little more insight. It talks about different types of neurodiversities and highlights women in these categories, which I really appreciated as it‘s always been a male dominated study. This book was enlightening and I had some takeaways and see many traits in my immediate family which is not surprising at all.

- Weekend away in London was awesome! Absolutely knackered now though - I think it will take me several more days to recover.

-Tagged book: I appreciate the term “lezzing off” so much 😂

- Bath bomb was another LushxMinecraft collab: Diamond Ore. These are so well done…I love how they look, smell and feel. #bathbomb #minecraft #london #lush

I‘ve been away from Litsy for two years and could not believe it had been so long when I just logged in and checked my last post. Reading fell by the wayside as I went through what I suppose is semi-retirement due to health stuff. I have no idea what I‘ve filled my time with, but it hasn‘t been productive in any meaningful way. I‘m okay though. I think.

Bath bomb is from the MinecraftxLush collab. #minecraft #bathbomb #bathing #relaxation

This is an excellent exploration of neurodiveristy, terminology definition (which was so helpful!), and applying queer theory. It took a long time to get around to what the author meant by neuroqueer theory, but she explains it extremely well, and everything leading up to it aptly broadened my understanding before we got there. There's a lot from this book that I take away to use in my life both in understand and making space for neurodiveristy.

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Excellent book for talking about empathy and forgiveness. Also a great segue to discuss safety. I'll be asking the students to define safety and it's revealed on this page that Bitsy hadn't felt safe. I find that younger students stop at happy & sad, so this is eye opening. But if you can feel safe, why isn't safety a feeling? This book became gobs more impressive after reading it to the kids.

RIP. This man & this book changed our lives. ❤️💔

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I very much liked that it‘s not overstuffed full of the usual tips, tricks, over-enthusiastic how-to‘s you get in every other self-help book. It gives lots to consider, think about & reflect on. The ADD website they give is interesting & sounds super helpful…all for a $ of course🙄 Well worth the listen imo👍🏻

This was written to be a textbook and sometimes it really feels like it. But it also has some valuable viewpoints to share and spells out a lot of terminology around neurodiversity that people have been using very loosely. (Me included.) Definitely worth reading if you're interested in the topic. A soft pick for me because I don't really appreciate academic writing.