The functioning labels of low and high are rattling in conversation throughout the Neurodiverse community. If there are any doubts that these labels are harmful, let me introduce you to Mrinal Gokhale. Mrinal is a South Asian American women who was overlooked for the diagnosis of Autism & Adhd due to her parents having one view point of what Autism is since there son, who Mrinal describes as an Autistic individual who's speech isn't verbally developed past the language of a 5 year old . He also takes pharmaceuticals which later in life Mrinal would come to use but was told that she doesn't display certain behaviors like her brother therefore, she would become dependant on them, in turn invalidating her need for them for ADHD. We talk more about how she came to a diagnosis and her journey of understanding and accepting her needs and how important it was to make the connection with the stigma within the South Asian community surrounding mental health and where it stunts a lot of individuals to address their true Neurodiverse self. Being the second episode of Diverse Talk, it was truly an honour to have Mrinal on and can't wait to hear from you listener about what you felt with this episode!!

https://www.additudemag.com/mental-health-stigma-asian-stereotype-adhd-asd/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K-9W-vsyVM&list=PLnOC9rlyvdSmjdzahJyPRzW7WQ0Cq0ABm

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