Neurodiversity Is Not a Superpower
A conversation about being tired of the narrative that neurodiversity is a gift, and about the everyday cost of functioning in a world that only sees 'superpowers'.
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Excluded by Support Structures
A conversation about the gap between the existence of options and their actual feasibility in a state of overload and alarm.
If this is what adulthood looks like, then what should therapy look like?
A compilation of two presentations from the PDA Conference in Perth (November 11, 2025): Noa Saddik Extreme PDA in Adults Honours Project Dr. Miriam Kirkby & Melanie Turner Therapeutic Work with Adults with PDA
Trilogy on SIB
Three-part conversation based on the study 'Child and Family Characteristics as Predictors of the Severity of Self-injurious Behaviours in Autistic Children and Adolescents' (2026): what SIB is, what the brain wants in therapy, and what it doesn't want.
Neurodivergent Therapy in an Analytical-Structural Mode
A conversation about freeze after the Poznań tragedy and how analysis, structure, and data separation enables exiting existential threat state.
Monotropism live: when the brain builds a network of meanings and the world sees a word mistake
A conversation about monotropism as an algorithm for building meanings, the difference between 'meaning demand' and 'task demand', and reconfiguration of cognitive networks in autistic thinking.
Ms. Krystyna and 5 Levels of Listening (Autistic Version)
Conversation about how an autistic brain listens - from ignoring to empathic processing. Why external behavior is not a reliable indicator.
SensoryOverload: Shutdown Between Platforms
A conversation about sensory overload during Italian public transport. About shutdown, self-regulation and survival mechanisms between platforms.
#AutisticPrideDay: I Don't Celebrate. But I'm Here. And That Is Enough.
A conversation about Autistic Pride Day that is not about celebration, but about being. About pain that does not disappear and the value of autistic life without conditions.
Brain in therapy: what happens inside when the therapist asks a question?
A conversation about what happens in the brain during therapeutic sessions. About questions without vector, processing time and adapting language to autistic thinking.
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A conversation about time, ADHD, attention fading, and organizing attempts that disappear from view faster than any plan can start working.
#NeurodivergentFriends: Relationships That Understand
Social definition of relationships vs. my experience. About neurodivergent communication, trust without algorithm and friendship as shelter from a world measuring value in efficiency.
ABA? Sit Down, I'll Explain. Also in Polish.
A conversation about ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis): its history, the difference between older and contemporary approaches, the situation in Poland, and the questions worth asking therapists.
#Therapy? Seriously? Again?
A conversation about what the brain needs in therapy: from flexibility to transparency. A must-have checklist for neurodivergent clients.
HyperFocus On The Offensive
A dialogue with a brain that knows no pause: hyperfocus as a curse, not a superpower. About addiction to intensity and sudden shifts between interests.