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Coming out as Neurodivergent
Coming out as Neurodivergent: Monalee Wonnacott I am autistic. I was formally assessed a couple of months ago, but I suppose I have known it for most of my life. I am different. Sunny days are blinding for me, I would freak out if you casually popped in for a cup of tea, but I might give you my 2nd kidney if you needed it (I need only one, and they usually fail together). It is not the endearing kind of “different” that is embraced and loved by society, a quirky girl who laughs too loud like Meg Ryan or Joan Cusack, but the kind of different that has made me feel ostracized for most of my life. My way of being is usually labelled as not normal, odd, antisocial, and just generally “wrong”. But there is nothing wrong with me. I am simply neurodivergent and that is alright.