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Recent content by GHA

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    The Power of Imagination and Visualisation of NDs.

    That is exactly the kind of ability I believe the world undervalues because it can’t be neatly measured by standard tests. What you’re describing — holding complex structures in your mind, rotating them, testing how they fit together — is pure genius. You’re right, it may feel natural to you...
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    I’ll be honest — as an NT, I’ve seen it far too often: when NTs don’t understand neurodivergence, they instinctively place themselves above it. It’s rarely said out loud, but it’s there in the way they measure value, in the standards they apply, and in the quiet assumption that ND minds need to...
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    The Power of Imagination and Visualisation of NDs.

    One of the most remarkable traits I’ve seen in neurodivergent minds — and I’ve witnessed this up close for decades — is their ability to imagine and then truly visualise what they imagine. It’s not just “daydreaming” or abstract thinking. It’s seeing in their mind’s eye with such clarity that...
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    People I find Hard to Explain..

    Your words mean a great deal — both for how deeply you connected with my son’s writing and for the openness with which you shared your own experience. I think what you’ve described — that ability to feel, to observe, to experience the world in its raw form, and to translate it into thought or...
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    Sheer Brilliance!!
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    I can only imagine how hard that must have felt, especially when you’ve seen others share high scores as if that’s the only story worth telling. But please know this — those numbers do not define you, and they certainly do not capture the full scope of your mind. I’ve lived alongside a...
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    Treadmill of Constant Adaptation!!

    The Treadmill of Constant Adaptation and Masking One thing I’ve learned, living alongside a neurodivergent mind for decades, is that adaptation and masking are not just occasional skills. For many, they can become a permanent state. It’s like being on a treadmill from the moment you start your...
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    People I find Hard to Explain..

    My son Write this in high school.. Laying my marble on walls which themselves are unlaid, I talk to this wind which moves along in my endless ways. Grass stirs up and then gets decayed; plains I shovel find no stream to carry the soil away.I see delays and pauses in what bursts and then...
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    Adaption and Masking!!

    Thank you so much for appreciating. I dedicated my life to my son. No book or Psychologist could teach me, what I learned holding his hand and walking his path.🙏
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    Thank you, Judge, for your kindness in attaching a link to the article. I may agree with some aspects, but I largely have a different viewpoint. The article draws a line between “high IQ” and “giftedness,” but I believe that line is far less clear — especially when it comes to neurodivergent...
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    Absolutely!! Sir!!
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    Do NT-Designed IQ Tests Truly Reflect Neurodivergent Intelligence?

    I’ve lived long enough alongside a neurodiverse mind to know that raw intelligence is not a single, neat number. And yet, most of the world still tries to measure it that way — with IQ tests almost always designed, standardised, and interpreted by NT frameworks. This raises a question I’ve been...
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    Adaptation!!

    Thank you for replying, I see where you’re coming from. I’ve often thought about how, for many people, the moment to really blossom does eventually come — but if they’ve been adapting constantly and without pause, by the time that moment arrives, they’re already running on empty. It’s one of the...
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    Adaption and Masking!!

    Adaptation and Masking — The Shared Reality I’m an NT with a neurodiverse son. For decades, I’ve watched his journey — through bullying, misunderstanding, and difficult schooling. There were times when the world tried to measure him by standards that didn’t reflect his true abilities. But I...
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    Adaptation!!

    Adaptation — On Your Terms For as long as I can remember, the advice given to neurodiverse people has sounded the same: you have to adapt. It comes from books, psychologists, motivational speakers — well-meaning, perhaps — but all reading from the same old playbook. On paper, it sounds...
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