Divergent Mind

Zusatztext An extraordinary, jaw-dropping take on a topic with which many women will identify. Informationen zum Autor Jenara Nerenberg is an international journalist and author of the groundbreaking and bestselling Divergent Mind . With a background in political theory and public health, she synthesizes micro and macro trends to uncover nuanced layers underlying modern social relations. She grew up in San Francisco, left high school at sixteen, attended community college, and made her way to Berkeley and Harvard. From there she launched a journalism career in Asia, corresponding on a freelance basis for CNN and Fast Company, with pieces in TIME , NPR and elsewhere. She speaks regularly at institutions, libraries, and companies around the world, from Stanford to the Aspen Institute and elsewhere. Klappentext AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK 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. Zusammenfassung AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK The bestselling, paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent womenthose with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorderexploring 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 neurodiversitya 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. Nerenberg explores th...

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Jenara Nerenberg is an international journalist and author of the groundbreaking and bestselling Divergent Mind. With a background in political theory and public health, she synthesizes micro and macro trends to uncover nuanced layers underlying modern social relations. She grew up in San Francisco, left high school at sixteen, attended community college, and made her way to Berkeley and Harvard. From there she launched a journalism career in Asia, corresponding on a freelance basis for CNN and Fast Company, with pieces in TIME, NPR and elsewhere. She speaks regularly at institutions, libraries, and companies around the world, from Stanford to the Aspen Institute and elsewhere.

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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.

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AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK

The bestselling, 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. Nerenberg explores these topics in depth, delving into:

• Flawed systems that focus on diagnosing younger, male populations.
• How people assigned female at birth are conditioned to blend in and conform to gender expectations, and how women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all.
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