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Recent content by Chinchin

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    Help…..I’m a neurotypical daughter of a neurodivergent mum

    Sorry it's taken me a little while to reply, again I had to think about this a bit! It sounds to me like you do end up masking at least a little bit, but I suppose that's something parents do have to do anyway to protect their children from the rest of the world! In my mind you certainly must...
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    Help…..I’m a neurotypical daughter of a neurodivergent mum

    Hi Magna, I'm glad you asked because it's actually made me think about it. Just as background, I think it will make a difference if an autistic parent knows they're autistic or not, because then at least there might be some further reading their children can do to understand the differences...
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    Help…..I’m a neurotypical daughter of a neurodivergent mum

    Hi all, Thank you for all your kind replies. I've spent more time researching and wow it has been an eye-opening experience @VictorR I've had a little look through some of your book reviews and there's certainly some promising stuff there! Thanks @Thinx and @Loren for mentioning Sarah Hendrickx...
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    Help…..I’m a neurotypical daughter of a neurodivergent mum

    I’m going to try not to give too much backstory to this, since it’s somewhat long. I’ve known since I was a child that there was something very different about my mum. She’s now in her mid-60s and has a plethora of health issues, both mental and physical. She doesn’t speak to most of her family...
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