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Neuro-Diverse People are INNOVATORS

9/30/2021

We NEED INNOVATORS working with

Community Organizers and
Institutional Players such as non-profit and governmental agencies

For a lot of people, it's not that they don't UNDERSTAND the GROUP DYNAMICS -- BUT they DON'T APPROVE OF THEM.

For all our talk about the RULE OF LAW --- It is STILL LARGELY A POWER GAME.

That was innovative thinking in 1776, I'm not sure how INNOVATIVE it is now --- BUT it is in a DIFFERENT CONTEXT and that often brings ADDITIONAL INSIGHT and UNDERSTANDING.

Asperger's from the Inside
Autistics are Not Leaders (We're THIS Instead)

Adult ADHD DIAGNOSIS and the Compicated NEURO-DIVERSE Landscape in Criminal Justice

9/24/2021

What I like about this video is --- it is made by A GIRL NEXT DOOR TEACHER with ADHD --- and she's talking among other things about ANGER.

Hamilton

I've become much more a FAN of DRAMATISTS and ARTISTS for being able to CAPTURE COMPLICATED INTER-DYNAMICS in the SOCIETY.

4 of the things that I remember of my long ago days in the Oklahoma County Courthouse were:

2 judges getting in trouble for sexual harassment
1 intellectually gifted judge who enjoyed being VERBALLY ABUSIVE on the BENCH, but strangely wasn't off the BENCH --
- Really enjoyed BULLYING EVERYONE --- so it was EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
2 judges being open and supportive regarding their ALCOHOLISM and trying to encourage DUI Defendants

That is a MIXED BAG.

Orchid Themes & Symbols

There are a lot of NEURO-DIVERSE People in CRIMINAL JUSTICE running up and down that line.

The ADHD Academic:
Adult ADHD Diagnosis

PROCESSING INFORMATION: It is sometimes said that ADHD is an EXCESS of ATTENTION --- NOT A LACK OF ATTENTION.

For me personally, I'm FOCUSED on understanding and solving the problem ----
- If I feel like the CONVERSATION is not FOCUSED on solving the problem --- I lose INTEREST quickly.
  - I UNDERSTAND the role of SOCIAL GRACES --- I understand CHAIN of COMMAND--- BUT at some point ya gotta solve the problem AND
  - We're over 20 YEARS OUT FROM OLMSTEAD, and
  - We've got a CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM that is the HORROR of much of the WORLD.

ADHD and BLACK

9/23/2021

How To ADHD: What It's Like to Be ADHD and Black

Unmasking

9/22/2021

Asperger's from the Inside
(Paul MiCallef)
Unmasking: 3 Steps to Take Off the Mask

P.S. Neuro-Diverse people need their own STANDARDS OF SUCCESS -- if it is just the SOCIAL MIRROR --- that can be both HARD & DISTORTED.

Val's Take: This is really to contrast / show the commonalities between two groups we think of as opposites --- CREATIVES or Athletic people and Engineering Types --- ADHD vs. Autism.

These categories are at the very least blurred, and I don't think are going to hold up for too many more decades.

They both have differences in Information and Sensory Processing and they are both HIGHLY VULNERABLE to Psychiatric Disorders.

I think one of the BIG STRESSORS is that often what is being paired is HIGH ABILITY in some SUBSTANTIVE AREA and an UNEXEPECTED DIFFERENCE or DEFICIT in some or more aspects of EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING.

NEURODIVERSITY 101

9/22/2021

UK's Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body
What Is Neuro-Diversity?

Neuro-Diversity Index

NEURODiversity Wednesday

Neuro-Diverse People are INNOVATORS

Adult ADHD DIAGNOSIS and the Compicated NEURO-DIVERSE Landscape in Criminal Justice

ADHD and BLACK

Unmasking

NEURODIVERSITY 101

Neuro-Diversity
Wednesday

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Neuro-Diverse People are INNOVATORS

Adult ADHD DIAGNOSIS and the Compicated NEURO-DIVERSE Landscape in Criminal Justice

ADHD and BLACK

Unmasking

NEURODIVERSITY 101

Neuro-DiversityWednesday(with variable spellings of Neurodiversity)

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NEURODiversity Wednesday

Neuro-Diversity
Wednesday

(with variable spellings of Neurodiversity)