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The functioning labels of low and high are rattling in conversation throughout the disabled community. If there are any doubts that these labels are harmful, listen to our guest who wishes to be anonymous. Our guest 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 our guest describes as an Autistic individual who speech isn't verbal. Later in life, our guest would come to use  medicine but was told that she doesn't display certain behaviors like her brother therefore, she would become dependent on them. This was invalidating her need for them for ADHD. We talk more about how she came to a diagnosis and her journey of understanding, 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 identity. 

Being the second episode of Diverse Talk, it was truly an honor to have our guest on and can't wait to hear from you listener about what you felt with this episode!!

Our guests. Blog: www.aspergrl.wordpress.com

ADDitude magazine article:

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

Binuaral Beats Playlist:

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

To be interviewed as a South Asian/South Asian American:

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