First Person I'd Think Of

it could be worse. i could be a sophomore in high school

yall I'm starting a writing blog cuz I need somewhere to put all these stinkin words

i think that… approximately 100% of the time, parents, teachers, etc… have this misconception that neurodivergent kids & teens don’t know anything about how to handle their neurodivergence.

for years, i suffered through people making suggestions of things that were things i had done, and either weren’t worth the effort or they actually made things worse. i told them this, and if i was still having any issues with the same problem they’d say something about “well if you’re not gonna listen to any suggestions…” when I did. they’re the one who didn’t listen when i told them that doesn’t work for me. They assume that because I didn’t try it in front of them (which is often impossible), I never tried it. I tried doing my homework as soon as I got home. I tried doing my homework at the table, I tried working where I was comfortable. I tried listening to music, I tried working in silence. I tried using a planner, I tried setting reminders on my phone, I tried. I tell people that I have executive functioning issues and they say that I have to work on it like I haven’t been doing that as long as I’ve had to do things and it’s so much better than it was before. I’m as able as I am now because I’ve spent 18 years working on it.

One of my friends has ADHD, and at one point when her grades dropped her parents took her phone, despite her telling them that the only way she can focus on her homework is to listen to music, for which she needs her phone.

I was in a study hall with another friend, who also has ADHD. Sometimes, they would be able to focus and do their work. Others, they would end up being entirely unable to and would do other stuff. The “instructional support” person would start bothering them about it, insist that they try. As if they hadn’t already done so.

I am tired of watching people assume that neurodivergent people aren’t trying, or we haven’t tried. We’re always trying.

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The Walmart cashier watching me devour an entire lego set in front of them

so we're preparing for auditions for our first show in my theatre class rn (everyone has to audition for the grade, whether you want to be in it or not)

anyway, we're split into groups to practice our monologues with/to and cuz the teacher trusts me (this is my 4th year doing it after all) I'm with 3 newbies

well one of them likes to sass back when I tell him what to do, I mean he'll do it but I think he doesn't think I should be bossing him around

I am the stage manager

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jokes on you sir, I'm the one who bought a cart full of nothing but purple from the dollar tree a few weeks ago

I am going to make my friends sick of the color purple