A Girl Living with AuDHD: A Journey

  We’ve all been in relationships at some point, right? If you haven’t, I feel for you. This one’s for my disability folks—especially my invisible disability people (ADHD, Autism, learning disabilities—I see you!). Sometimes whether we are similar to someone or not, we will clash and argue.  Arguing is a part of life.  It is how you communicate your feelings effectively that makes all the difference.  I'm gonna be vulnerable here: I struggle with sincerely apologizing when I'm in the wrong.  I feel guilty and don't want to admit full fault.  I'm working on that, but I want you to know if you are reading this and you feel inadequate about how you communicate with people that YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Having two people with invisible disabilities being friends can be challenging.  For instance, one person could have a phrase that they say all of the time and it makes their friend feel uncomfortable.  Recently, I've had people in my life who have had gone t...

Raising a child can be tough.  Raising an individual with a disability is harder.  I have no experience as a parent, but I have seen people raise children with and without disabilities.  I can only imagine the amount of stress parents have when raising a kid with developmental challenges.   I have taken numerous classes on what it's like to be a parent of a child with a disability.  You go through so much being a caregiver of any level offering support, care, love, and assistance to the individual with a disability.   Just like anyone on this earth, people with disabilities grow up out of being a child and grow into adulthood.  For some individuals with disabilities, they might not fully develop mentally into their biological age.  However, this doesn't mean we can't give them any autonomy or independence.  I have been part of the beautiful disability community for almost three years now and I've noticed a lot of what's called, infa...