Ellen, your experience is so important. I remember during the first months of Covid, when everything shut down and so many of us were forced to stay home, a lot of us looked to people whose disability had already made them learn to live as full a life as possible at home to show us the way. Many understood for the first time that experience like yours lends a wisdom we all need--how to connect, how to find community, how to flourish at home. And you are right: it isn't necessarily neurotype that makes us connect to home so strongly. Sometime I want to tell the story of getting lost--and definitely panicking--in London. You and I have so much in common.
This is beautiful. You articulate how important and affecting place is for us neurodivergents. Environments that are wrong for me leave me feeling so disoriented. I'm learning to honour that.
Yes, Carri, same! Disoriented and--at best--uncomfortable. I love your phrase: "learning to honour that." Me, too. Too many years of forcing myself through discomfort, disorientation.
Ellen, your experience is so important. I remember during the first months of Covid, when everything shut down and so many of us were forced to stay home, a lot of us looked to people whose disability had already made them learn to live as full a life as possible at home to show us the way. Many understood for the first time that experience like yours lends a wisdom we all need--how to connect, how to find community, how to flourish at home. And you are right: it isn't necessarily neurotype that makes us connect to home so strongly. Sometime I want to tell the story of getting lost--and definitely panicking--in London. You and I have so much in common.
This is beautiful. You articulate how important and affecting place is for us neurodivergents. Environments that are wrong for me leave me feeling so disoriented. I'm learning to honour that.
Yes, Carri, same! Disoriented and--at best--uncomfortable. I love your phrase: "learning to honour that." Me, too. Too many years of forcing myself through discomfort, disorientation.
I am so looking forward to this series of essays!
Oh, thank you, Julian! I'm so glad.
You have achieved true homecoming with this. ❤️
Thank you, dear friend.
I'm late to the party...September was a beast...but I'm looking forward to continuing through this series!
Thank you for being here, Malinda!