“These signs of change give me so much hope that young, Black, neurodiverse girls today won’t have to go through what I did just to discover their amazing selves.”
Navigating life as a Black, neurodivergent woman is complicated. Growing up, these parts of my identity presented a trifecta of unique challenges, some of which follow me to this day. Others, I’ve been able to overcome in my journey toward understanding and accepting myinattentive ADHD
in the First Grade after my parents and teachers voiced major concerns about my distractibility and impulsivity. My diagnosis was an important starting point, but it was no silver bullet. If anything, it felt like my “problematic” behaviors were simply assigned a different name.Even with a diagnosis, I never felt like teachers, coaches, and other adults in my life fully understood me.
Day in and day out, I wasn’t given the space to fully explore my identity and understand myself, ADHD and all. Instead, society dished outThis is, unfortunately, an all-too-common reality for young Black girls with ADHD in this country – especially those who go undiagnosed.
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