Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is a bit hard to describe, part personal reflection, part report, the author shares a lot of info to the readers, the things that stick out the most are:

1. The author wants to reframe the language we use to talk about neurodiversity. This is because language does matter, the way we frame ADHD, HSD and Autism influences what we do, how we hire, fire, treat, judge and treat people who have a different wiritng

2. Women have been left out of medicine and that's starting to finally change. Historically, straight white males were the ones that started the field of psychology back then women were treated differently, women were simply ignored and left out of the research of ADHD as a result many women go through their whole lives without knowing they are living with ADHD or Aspergers.

3. Everyone needs to be aware of these conditions, nobody thinks adult women with careers and families are living with these conditions usually associated with boys. Women go all their life without a diagnosis.

I'm glad this book exists. I gave it four starts because at times I wasn't sure what the chapter was really about, like, it took me some effort to grasps the message, but maybe that's on me and not the author.

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