This resource guide was created for the Friends of Neurodiversity meetup in Vienna (Austria) and its friends as a place for neurodivergent culture and life — honoring many mental health & social struggles, while transcending them. **Its happy to be merged into something co-created further down the road 😊 And if you’ve found your way here via other paths — welcome!
<aside> 🪧 What is neurodivergence even? → Please continue to the 🔠 ⋆ LITTLE GLOSSARY OF NEURODIVERGENCE to deepen your understanding or find words.
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<aside> 💡 Before we get started: Let’s stay humble. Neurodivergence is the new kid on the block in the collective consciousness of our world — it’s young, and freshly complex. Our understanding of it is driven by neuroscientific advancements**,** a rising **neurodiversity-**DEI-inclusion discourse and (most importantly!) the lived experiences of more & more people coming out into the web to tell their stories and share their knowledge.
We invite you to diversify your sources (across channels, social groups, gender & ethnicity, the spectrum of neurodivergent experiences / presentations) and remain aware of which part of the neurodivergent world you might be getting to know more closely, and which one you might be missing. Check yourself on internalized ableism at 🫱🏻🫲🏾 ⋆ Diversity, inclusion & ableism Cheers!
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📬 **Inputs and questions are always appreciated. Just send a message to [email protected]. For the moment, a majority of resources will speak to autistic (and ADHD or AuDHD) individuals, since the meetup hosts are AuDHD & this is what we can share best. And now, take care on this journey of self-discovery, meaningful connections, deep processing sprinkled with messy emotions (feat. grief) and hopefully quite a few unhinged laughs in(spite) it all! 🌱
🔠 ⋆ LITTLE GLOSSARY OF NEURODIVERGENCE
⚙️ ⋆ HELPFUL TOOLS & COPING MECHANISMS
📚 ⋆ BOOKS TO READ (+ KEY TAKEAWAYS)