mesy_mark 's review for:

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg

1.25

informative reflective slow-paced

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 This is a book that could have had promise to ahead light on a neurodiverse woman in an environment where just their existence has been overlooked. But this book instead focuses on productive niches that some neurodiverse women have. Finding people in her same sociological and economic class in tech in academia Jenara weaves how nerurodiverse can be useful in the workforce and life in general. There is a look on unmasking, which is a privilege to those who can as it is not safe for everyone to unmask to their ideal selves (be they neurodiverse or not). There is no mention of how race can play a factor if intellectual visibility comes up, economic status (she says to think of your environment like where your home is located but some people can't willy-nilly choose an ideal environment for economic reasons)

I was interested in this text as someone who is neurodiverse, albeit a (trans) man so my experience socializing was very much in the girlhood realm) but this offers ideas if you can afford it not ideas for those on fixed incomes, racial differences, or jobs that do not accommodate sensory needs. In other words, a very niche neurodiverse of someone with lower support needs able to support themselves (and possibly a family) in suburban sprawl.