Precious Online:  “Is Neurodiversity the New Black?”

– Editorial by Suzy, June 2020.

neurodiversity

On the theme of individuality, what does it mean to be black? The answer depends on where you’re at in your life, your upbringing and experiences.

We share a commonality as black people, but our individual make-up is uniquely our own. We share the experience of discrimination with neurodiverse individuals. Being misunderstood, labelled or worst of all – people thinking they know who you are – based on an outdated patchwork of information pulled together by people who have never even met you!