Blog
By Leah Barnes, LCMHCS
Blogs about: Autism in Adults, Adult ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, and Online Counseling in Charlotte and throughout North and South Carolina
Affirming Neurodivergence in the Workplace
The workplace can be tough for autistic and ADHD adults, especially because many of our needs aren’t met in a traditional work environment. Fortunately, there are many strategies an employer can keep in mind to help employees.
Three Things your ADHD Partner Wishes you Knew
Relationships are hard. ADHD can be hard. Being in a relationship where one person has ADHD and the other doesn’t can be an extra level of hard. It can be fairly easy to find information about successful relationships in general, but what about when one partner has ADHD? What do you need to know?
Neurodiversity-affirming care
There’s a lot of talk nowadays about the importance of affirming care, specifically in the medical and mental health fields. But what exactly is this, and how do you know if you’re getting it?
Neurodivergent, Neurotypical, What Does it all Mean?
Sometimes it can feel hard keeping up with terminology, especially in areas we are continually learning about. You may worry about saying the wrong thing or using the wrong words or even feel uncomfortable asking what certain terms mean. While this certainly isn’t an all-inclusive dictionary, and some of this information may (and likely will) change over time, I wanted to give you a good starting place for talking about neurodivergence.