The Neurodiversity Spectrum: Why Support Needs Look Different #Shorts

The flavor, right? So, you know, somebody who has ADHD obviously is going to have different challenges and, and, and, you know, joys as well than somebody who has ADHD or somebody who's autistic or somebody who is, you know, like I have my brother-in-laws, for example, they're autistic. They are very autistic to the point where they, you know, cannot live on their own and that kind of thing. So they have a different level of need in terms of what is happening for them. Mm-hmm. So the spectrum of where we are, I think it's important for us to understand, especially if we're newly diagnosed, and I think diagnosis is, for me, it was, it was great. But the concept of here's all the things that you might be experiencing, and maybe these things could shine a light on some of the things that are happening in your life. Mm-hmm. But you don't have to have them all to get the diagnosis or to be part of our community. Um, you don't have to relate to them all. And maybe you have an offshoot of this one that, you know, uh, maybe blends with this one over here, that kind of thing. You're right, uh, the neurotypical, they're not gonna have the same sort of No.

And what I do love though, well, I mean, a sidebar to that is that, you know, that's one of the reasons why when they go, you know, and obviously I'm sure the diagnosis process is slightly different from country to country and so on. So we certainly have a massive challenge over here in the UK with getting pursuing diagnosis at the moment because the National Health Service is so unbelievably overwhelmed with the quantity of people seeking a diagnosis. So that's become quite challenging. But I think there's a, there's a really good reason behind the, the diagnosis criteria. And I definitely don't want to get into the details because it's not without its challenges.