“School was never been an issue for me. I always excelled. I was an honour roll student in high school, got straight As on many report cards in elementary school. I won the English and Art awards at my Grade 8 graduation. I was extremely involved in my high school and post-secondary institutions. I always did extra work and went above and beyond what was required. I have four degrees (two of them Masters). I embrace the term “nerd”.
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I started to fear losing my job over a possible gross negligence (like forgetting about my young students). I feared messing up with my work as an author and presenter. After some investigations with testing options (low cost, free, paid) and my health insurance coverage and the encouragement from some friends, I decided to get tested. After nine hours over three sessions, I received my official diagnosis from a clinical psychologist, who also shared my racial and cultural background— severe combined ADHD with high IQ. I cried.”
“July is Disability Pride Month, 6 months since my diagnosis, 1 year since I knew something was different.”
Read my latest post One Year of Disability.
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I started to fear losing my job over a possible gross negligence (like forgetting about my young students). I feared messing up with my work as an author and presenter. After some investigations with testing options (low cost, free, paid) and my health insurance coverage and the encouragement from some friends, I decided to get tested. After nine hours over three sessions, I received my official diagnosis from a clinical psychologist, who also shared my racial and cultural background— severe combined ADHD with high IQ. I cried.”
“July is Disability Pride Month, 6 months since my diagnosis, 1 year since I knew something was different.”
Read my latest post One Year of Disability.
For paid subscribers. Visit my Substack here: https://nadialhohn.substack.com/p/one-year-of-disability
#adhd #attentiondeficitdisorder #attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder #add #neurodivergent #neurdiversity #neurodivergence #nadiasblog #disabilitypridemonth #disabilityawareness #disability
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