i just want to be normal! - late diagnosis on women

hi, thereee! last january I won a journalism grant to write a price about women with ADHD, late diagnosis and how the gender bias in medicine influences our mental health. I interviewed 8 young and adult women, read a loooot of scientific papers and wrote (and cried) this cathartic piece. I would love to hear your opinion, your feelings, your experiences. I tried to craft this text with love and tons of care, trying to honour my own experience and those eight women’s. My family received it with a bit pain but also with a lot of comprehension and love. It is, indeed, difficult to raise a neurodivergent child, but not knowing we “are not normal” in a world aiming to normalise people, it was deeply painful for myself. I hope this text brings light to past stories, forgiveness and that it helps to create more awareness to the women issue in the neurodivergence sphere. Tons of love! 🧚🏼‍♀️ I want to be normal! https://www.eurozine.com/i-just-want-to-be-normal/