♾️🌈 Neurodivergent Pride Day 🌈♾️
June 12th is the first ever Neurodivergent Pride Day!
This special day was founded by Sonny Jane Wise (@/livedexperienceeducator). From their Instagram account:
"Neurodivergent Pride Day isn’t:
an awareness/acceptance day
a day for us to educate others
a day about neurodiversity
for allies to throw a brunch
Neurodivergent Pride Day is:
a day for neurodivergent pride
a day to celebrate our identity and culture
a day to celebrate our neurodivergent community
It is a day for ALL neurodivergent individuals; Autistic, ADHD, Bipolar, Dyslexia, Schizophrenia, Hearing Voices, Plurals and Systems and anyone/everyone who identifies as neurodivergent.
We live in a world that isn’t built for us but also, a world that excludes us, imprisons us, discriminates against us. We live in a world where society views our minds and functioning as broken or wrong and tells us that we need to be fixed.
Neurodivergent Pride is about telling society that we are not broken, we are not wrong and we do not need to be fixed.
Neurodivergent Pride is a reminder to challenge the shame we feel because of a society that pathologises us.
Neurodivergent Pride is an opportunity to feel proud of who we are and our differences.
Neurodivergent Pride is about saying f-you to neuronormativity."
You can read more about Neurodivergent Pride Day at ndpride.com.