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More on Neuro-Diversity, Developmental Difference and What Sure Can Look Like Lack of Empathy ---Isn't ---- BUT IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS

1/15/2023

Val's Take/ Conjecture

We don't have a good appreciation that we are individually trying to SURVIVE with sometimes slightly and sometimes greatly different RANGES in FUNCTIONING.

For many people who have Executive Functioning Differences --- they largely grew up in a Society in which --- THERE WAS NO EXCUSE.

You didn't know you had EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DIFFERENCES often until you BURNT OUT or BROKE DOWN.

And UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY --- you still probably didn't know ---
- Take some Medication
- Participate in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
  - That's been the PRESCRIPTION for QUITE AWHILE and our MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS is NOT ABATING.
MEDICATION and CBT can be helpful ---
- BUT if professionals DON'T UNDERSTAND that many of the people they are working with have underlying DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES ---
  - Those professionals can be part of the PROBLEM just as much as they are legitimately part of the SOLUTION.

From my perspective --- what is sometimes to often happening --- is People are getting pushed passed THEIR INDIVIDUAL BIOLOGICAL LIMITS

Individuals have not had a good explanation of this
Executive Functioning and Developmental Difference have not been ROUTINELY understood as PART & PARCEL of many PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- We've known a long time about GENETICS -- but the initial twin studies were confusing ---
- It is INCREASED KNOWLEDGE about EPIGENETICS and the IMMUNE SYSTEM ---
  - at least at the RESEARCH LEVEL ---
  - that is REVEALING we have had SIGNIFICANT GAPS in our understanding.

Paul Micallef -- Autism from the Inside
"My strategies tend to be very different than what work for other people.

"THE BEST THING FOR ME IS TO DO WHAT WORKS FOR ME."

If current research is right that SOCIAL BEHAVIOR is a product of a DELICATE BALANCE of INNATE & ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY ---And Many Neuro-Diverse People born with MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION and HYPER-CONNECTED BRAINS

Are pretty close to their LIMITS most of the time.
Add on other sources of INFLAMMATION (which are legion)---
- At least in some cases --- I believe that is a recipe for DISASTER.

3 Big Take Aways From the Reasearch

Rather than trying to push people to have NEURO-TYPICAL FUNCTIONING --- especially EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING --- We need to raise the bar in terms of ASSESSMENT, WORK-AROUNDS and PEER COACHING.

Further, the ramped up Stress Responses that can spiral out of control in NEURO-DIVERSITY---CAN MAKE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING WORSE.

Most people want to LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE ---But that can be difficult to do if you don't understand your limits, the professional class has a pretty shaky grasp and is sometimes inadvertently making things worse by confusing lack of responsibility with DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCE --That if managed with MORE AWARENESS might avoid some of the WORST PITFALLS.

Thoughts on Neuro-Diverse Careers

1/11/2023

It used to be that we made a BIG DISTINCTION between MANAGERS and EXPERTS --

and we often considered that ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT as ---- oh anybody can do that --- that's women's work.
- This is one woman who is TERRIBLE at ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

I think one of the things that has happened with GLOBALIZATION and HYPER-COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS is that --- we're all wearing more HATS --- whether we are well-suited for them or not.

I have an unusual experience with chronic disorganization --- I fell far from the tree. I had 2 Parents who were good to great to amazing organizers and that really allowed me to shine ----they weren't doing my homework for me --- but they were maintaining not a perfect environment --- but a pretty darn good one.

I think there are those kids with ADHD that were told they were idiots and that skewed their perception of reality ---

I think there is another group that was told they were "gifted" ("giftedness" is now often recognized as part of neuro-diversity) ---
- and they also have a skewed perception of reality.

For many of us born long before the current understandings regarding Neuro-Developmental Differences & Disorders and their relationship to Psychiatric Disorders ---

this has been a difficult journey and some people didn't survive it.

One of the things most modern adults need to survive is a JOB or their own business.

Lex Morningstar talks among other things about being a woman with "ADHD" who is not the best organizer and a society that is expecting she should be.

I wouldn't necessarily say that there is something "inherently wrong" with the person --- BUT I would say there is something "inherently different" ---- that is often about among other things --- sensory processing.

Lex also mentions "unfinished projects" --- I'm going to push back on that a little bit.

Leonardo da Vinci had a lot of unfinished projects and what he recognized was ----

He couldn't do everything
And his projects got re-prioritized as his knowledge changed.

Cont. from Column 1

Because of the Sensory Processing Differences --- I would say that Neuro-Diverse People can make great EXPERTS (there are NO PERFECT EXPERTS) ---

they often are just by nature taking in MORE INFORMATION.

They also make as Lex said great Entrepreneurs --- when they can channel their own insights into their own vision.

Science & Art ---- both generally place a high value on "TRUTH" and "CREATIVITY."

Religion/Spirituality --- I would maintain that many of the world's great spiritual leaders for better or worse were Neuro-Diverse.

Meditation and Prayer I think are useful for anyone --- especially the sensory overloaded and overwhelmed
The flip side of that is --- no matter how much information you're taking in --- you're not going to know it all in this lifetime
- Uncertainty is scary and anxiety producing especially for those with ramped up STRESS RESPONSES.

Teaching/Coaching ---- Can be the EXPERT in which it all came easily --- Can also be the person who struggled, ultimately mastered the subject in question and has a better understanding of the PITFALLS.

Entrepreneurship, Art, Science, Religion/Spirituality and Teaching & Coaching can be great outlets ---we do have to be careful about ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.

Here is what I think will become one of the ironies of empowering people who are Neuro-Diverse ---We will likely also be empowering those people who are good at ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (or at least we SHOULD)

Managing a Hyper-Connected Brain with Executive Functioning Challenges

11/30/2022

Managing a HYPER-CONNECTED BRAIN with Executive Challenges is no easy trick ---

God knows the help from the Society could be a whole lot better than it is.

Categories help us make sense of the world.

Further --- there are "sex differences."

Now by and large --- this is becoming problematic for both MEN and WOMEN ---

These are extreme examples --- but I think there can be some illumination even though this is often more complicated.
Einstein we got as an absent-minded professor -- after a fashion.
Temple Grandin we get --- now.
Edith Bunker from Norman Lear's "All in the Family" --- the "Dingbat" --- do we get her?
Gracie Allen from the '40s --- do we get her?
What about Kendrick Lamar? --- Some people do --- and some people don't.
Elon Musk?
Selena Gomez?

Big Strengths and Executive Functioning Challenges are playing out in a complicated SOCIAL DYNAMIC.

When we've got a visual cue like a Physical Disability such as epilepsy, lupus, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, etc.
We often can accommodate/work around Executive Functioning Issues sometimes a little easier --
because we're already "ON NOTICE" that there are some differences.

Mutual Benefit

It can be hugely problematic not only for OTHERS but also for the PERSON themselves to recognize Executive Functioning Differences if there are not obvious Physical Differences ---

Although New York writer Fran Lebowitz maintains we all have at least 17 body flaws.

On top of this we have CATEGORIES in the DSM 5 that are identifying SOME PEOPLE ----

and MISSING A LOT OF OTHERS.

Well who wants a LABEL?

Well -- as YouTube's Neuro-Divergent Rebel points out --- nobody until ---
- you're getting an even less flattering label.

YouTube is full of Neuro-Divergent 30 and 40 somethings who are OUTING THEMSELVES with their Executive Functioning Differences ---

because the challenges of the Society have become EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT.
Further, it is clear most of these people have BIG TIME STRENGTHS and they want to engage in a DIALOGUE for MUTUAL BENEFIT.

Time Management, Slower Processing, Fatigue, Transitions & Gifts

10/28/2022

Some of the most important "BOUNDARIES" that Neuro-Diverse People need to set involve --- TIME.

There are at least 3 BIG CHALLENGING COMPONENTS:

Time needed to MANAGE Executive Functioning Challenges
Time to DEVELOP and UTILIZE GIFTS, and
Fatigue

Now, pretty much everyone is struggling with these issues --- but they often can be more extreme for Neuro-Diverse People.

Some of the Executive Functioning Challenges can be BIGGER.
Some of the GIFTS can be BIGGER too.
The Neuro-Diverse ENERGY SUPPLY can be confusing ---
- Sometimes bursts of energy and creativity, and
- Greater Risk of BURNOUT and even BREAKDOWN.

For those of us who have "BROKEN DOWN" like myself ----
- It is not just a question of taking the medication.

It's also putting a lot of work into TIME MANAGEMENT ----
- and the result is NOT NEURO-TYPICAL

I have a lot of people in my life and I'm probably one of these people in some of their lives ---
- "What you really need to do is stop being such a people pleaser."
- They say that and I say that UNTIL: I'm not people pleasing them anymore, or they're not people pleasing me.

At the end of the day THIS IS NOT ABOUT "REASONABLENESS"
- This is about EDUCATION.
- EDUCATING OURSELVES & OTHERS about our True Limits & THEIR TRUE LIMITS and Developing the AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS most of us desire.

Part of that EDUCATION PROCESS is realizing that the challenges people in our lives have ---- often have very little to do with us ---
- BUT we can make them WORSE by failing to ACCEPT them,
- BY SCAPEGOATING PEOPLE, and/or
- BY TAKING IT PERSONALLY.

Most of us in Modern Society struggle with this --- it is RAMPED UP for Neuro-Diverse People and there is greater need for:

Chilling Out
Humor
A Break

Having RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY FIGURES talk about the importance of setting IDIOSYNCRATIC BOUNDARIES --- could make this EASIER for Neuro-Diverse People in the Society.

Asperger's from the Inside
Managing Transition Time

UK's Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body
What Is Neuro-Diversity?

What I particularly like about this video from the UK's Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body is that the Clinician points out Neuro-Diversity has to be understood in relation to whatever the MAJORITY is .

Neurodivergent Rebel
Setting & Maintaining Healthy Boundaries

Third Alternatives

Reading Disorders & Psychiatric Co-Morbidity

10/16/2022

Conjecture

The Connections between:
- Neuro-Developmental Differences such as ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia and Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders, and
- Developmental Inflammation and Neuro-Developmental & Psychiatric Disorders are becoming fairly well established.

This has RAMIFICATIONS obviously for TREATMENT ---
- BUT also for getting out of the MODERN MYTHOLOGY of the BRAIN ---

Our populations have serious, widespread issues with DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION.

Early Diagnosis and Support are CRITICAL for people with Neuro-Developmental Differences associated with significant CO-MORBIDITY with Psychiatric Disorders.

There often are GIFTS --- BUT the CHALLENGES are there too ---- and it can be quite the TRAP FOR THE UNWARY.

Recognizing Psychiatric Comorbidity With Reading Disorders
https://www.frontiersin.org › fpsyt.2018.00101 › full

by RL Hendren · 2018 · Cited by 117 — These include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders, autism ...

Descriptive epidemiology of prenatal and perinatal risk factors ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC5098179

by L Liu · 2016 · Cited by 39 — We found an association between maternal infectious diseases and dyslexia. Epidemiological studies have shown that maternal infection could ...

The Dyslexia Research Trust in the UK
Immunological Factors in Dyslexia

"REASONABLENESS" as a Driver of "TOXICITY"

10/13/2022

Conjecture

Honestly, most people are pretty good at accommodating or working around the DIFFERENCES of others IF:

they know what those DIFFERENCES are and
they know how to accommodate or work around them.

The truth is many Neuro-Diverse people are NOT AWARE or AWARE ENOUGH of their own EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES ---

What we tend to use as a SHORT-CUT ---- is some general notion of "REASONABLENESS" for:
- Short Term Memory
- Planning
- Organization
- Energy
- Emotional Regulation
- Etc.

That can turn out to be PROBLEMATIC on the mild end or DISASTROUS on the far end--- because for Neuro-Diverse people they often have IDIOSYNCRATIC DIFFERENCES in EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING.

A big part of the CHALLENGE of NEURO-DIVERSITY is that it is not just at one level of the society --- it's at the bottom, the middle and the top ---
- and we tend to have a fair amount of UNCONSCIOUS BIAS regarding from whom we will TOLERATE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES.

Some "RESILIENCE" researchers do make the point that what we're trying to do is get to an ACCURATE VIEW ---
- That has been elusive in the old but newly appreciated realm of Neuro-Diversity

When it is not appreciated and we don't have an ACCURATE VIEW ---- "TOXICITY" either INDIVIDUALLY or in RELATIONSHIPS or in the SOCIETY I think can be a consequence.

ADHD & Exhaustion

One of the big insights of the last few years is that many people do not fit neatly into DSM categories and researchers are advising that there are shared genes and categories are BLURRED.

We don't want to be:

Demonizing people for EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES --
But we also don't want to be BLAMING others for our EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES.
AND we want as ACCURATE a view as we can get both of ourselves and of others

I often post videos from Asperger's From the Inside (now Autism From the Inside) -- and Paul makes the point that once people understand that his challenges are REAL --- the world is a much KINDER place.Additionally, in the words of Canadian Psychologist Tayyab Rashid --- "STRENGTHS ARE REAL."

Understanding REAL EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES and REAL STRENGTHS --- has the potential to ---

get us out of "TOXICITY"
and to a more accurate view of ourselves and others and our society
hopefully leading to more KINDNESS & RESILIENCE.

"Empathy" in ADHD and Autism

9/20/2022

Things are lot more complicated than they seem -- and there are Sex Differences

Conjecture

One of the ERRORS we have made is viewing EMOTION and LOGIC/RATIONALITY as OPPOSITES ---
- Emotion is part of the Reasoning Process
- There's enormous information in Emotion ---
- BUT we don't have an UNLIMITED ABILITY to take that on.

What we've been calling "EMPATHY" appears to really be the brain's PRE-CONSCIOUS determination of whether someone is on our team.

Neurodivergent Therapist Louise Taylor's "EMPATHY of EFFORT" ----- we're just in the beginning stages of developing and it is a BIG COST --
- BOTH Emotionally and
- from a Reasoning standpoint AND
- from an ENERGY standpoint.

[Is "DOUBLE EMPATHY" --- "LOVING YOUR ENEMY" --- it might be]

Neuro-Diversity is often characterized by:
- RAMPED UP STRESS RESPONSES
- RAMPED UP EMOTIONS
- & at least sometimes RAMPED UP RATIONALITY to deal with all that.

Neuro-Diverse Therapist Louise Taylor on "EMPATHY"

If Autism and ADHD are under-diagnosed in girls and women, anxiety and classic "mental illness" are often under-diagnosed in boys and men ---

You can really appreciate the IRONY and RAMIFICATIONS of this when you realize NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS such as ADHD and Autism are associated with PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.

What Do I Mean ---

We don't have any "UNLIMITED" ability as "INDIVIDUALS" to take on Sensory Information, Emotion --- and REASON our way through all that.

We're relying more than we have realized on UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR and JUDGMENTS:

BUT --- it's a SHORT-CUT ---- and like a lot of "SHORT-CUTS" it can miss things and get things "WRONG"
We consciously process 40 to 50 bits of information for every 11 MILLION we take in according to some estimates in 2022----
- Even if you are processing a lot more information than the "AVERAGE" person --- and are aware of "MORE LOGICAL PROBLEMS and INCONSISTENCIES"
- It is still a RELATIVELY SMALL/TINY AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ---
- AND EVEN THAT MODEST INCREASE IN PROCESSING --- is coming AT A HUGE ENERGY COST.

INTEGRATIVE THINKING / RECOGNIZING INTEGRATIVE COMPLEXITY is NOT EASY for US and that's why we don't do more of it.

We've lost an HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING of HUMAN EXISTENCE --- because we thought we were so ADVANCED we didn't need it.

WE NEED THAT LONGER VIEW --- because we're NOT AS FAR A LONG AS WE THINK --- and at 40 to 50 bits of information for every 11 Million (and that 11 Million doesn't represent all of reality)
- WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.

FAITH/REASON/EMPIRICISM --- We're gonna need it all for the LONG ROAD AHEAD --- that as INDIVIDUALS we only travel a tiny portion of.

Neuro-Diversity and "Personality Disorders"

9/18/2022

Conjecture

For people with IQs over 70 and with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Giftedness, OCD, etc. there are a lot of CHALLENGES to fitting into a NEURO-TYPICAL WORLD in which the ACCOMMODATIONS & WORK-AROUNDS you need are NOT ON THE TABLE.

Further, many people with some NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCE related to greater Neuro-Developmental Inflammation ---
- Don't get that DIAGNOSIS until they are an ADULT ---
- And many people never get that DIAGNOSIS.

We're more recognizing that the Neuro-Typical Human Brain doesn't completely "MATURE" until about 25.

For people with some form of Neuro-Diversity mentioned above --- their brains are probably not "MATURING" until 30.

a lot of Neuro-Diverse people with the RESOURCES go to:
- Graduate School
- Law School
- Med School
Those ENVIRONMENTS provide STRUCTURE and can play to the STRENGTHS of NEURO-DIVERSE people
There are a lot of Neuro-Diverse people in ACADEMIA.

A very few ADULTS in our SOCIETY are getting SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT ---

and that is STRICTLY RATIONED.
It's largely based on MONEY & HIERARCHY.
Further, those ADULTS tend to be WEALTHY NEURO-DIVERSE People who are MEGA WEALTHY now -- but started out as wealthy
- a seeming Sweetheart like Richard Branson and a seeming nut case like Elon Musk.

When you look at the OTHER EXTREME --- Homelessness and Incarceration ---

One sometimes to often finds gifted musicians or people who want to develop their musical abilities.
What's an ABILITY IN MUSIC --
- It's an ENHANCED ABILITY to RECOGNIZE PATTERNS -- MATH.

Thelonious Monk

Finally, the "PERSONALITY DISORDERS."

The CHALLENGE of NEURO-DIVERSITY is that it is often coming with BIG STRENGTHS and EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES.

If someone is high enough up on the PUBLIC HIERARCHY --- you can see this played out in Operatic Fashion --
- Think Bill Clinton or Donald Trump.

I think "PERSONALITY DISORDERS" are sort of that FIRST LINE of OBSERVATION of a PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR ---

it's not necessarily "WRONG" as far it goes
BUT it doesn't go very far
and we've been AFRAID to address DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES for fear of coming off as --
- NAZIS
- So I'm not saying there aren't complicated SOCIAL and ENVIRONMENTAL and DISCRIMINATORY FORCES at play --
- But they are also playing out in a BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT of:
  - Executive Functioning Challenges.
  - Ramped Up Stress Responses and Sensory Processing
  - Substantive Strengths and
  - Epigenetics

A large MIDDLE CLASS helps to MODERATE the STRESS people are feeling ---

A lot of INCOME INEQUALITY and SOCIAL INEQUALITY --- ramps that STRESS UP
- So HYPER-COMPETITIVE SOCIETIES might see some gains in some areas --
- BUT I would submit they are also seeing some REGRESSION in other areas involving SOCIAL BEHAVIOR.

Based on the RESEARCH --- most of these people who are being labeled with a "personality disorder" are Neuro-Diverse

they are the ULTIMATE "MIXED BAG"
they need some SUPPORT in MANAGING this
and we all need to get much more SOPHISTICATED in our THINKING.
part of that is recognizing the UNCONSCIOUS BIAS that prevents us from recognizing COMMON PUBLIC HEALTH issues that are congregating at the EXTREMES.

Neuro-Diversity, Food Allergies & A Major Breakthrough*

9/15/2022

Conjecture

Food allergies can be a not so innocuous source of INFLAMMATION.

Further, people with FOOD ALLERGIES are more subject to PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ---

AND

Neuro-Diverse people are more vulnerable to FOOD ALLERGIES & PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.

One of the BIG KEYS to this is ---
IT'S DEVELOPMENTAL

Another BIG KEY is that ---
IT'S A MIXED BAG

Third Big Key -- The MIXED BAG of NEURO-DIVERSITY is EXPOSING "UNCONSCIOUS BIAS" like perhaps nothing else could.

www.frontiersin.org › articles › 10Frontiers | Maternal Influences and Intervention Strategies ...

Feb 23, 2022 · Specifically, it discussed the effects of maternal immunity, microbiota, breastfeeding, genotype and allergy exposure on the development of food allergy in offspring.

Autism & Food Allergies: Why Is the Connection So Strong?

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Some new research shows that allergies are linked to autism. Food allergies can make behavioral symptoms worse, in part because your child may feel uncomfortable and not know how to communicate this effectively.

Autism has also been linked to immune system problems, gastrointestinal issues, and changes to gut microbes, which may be due to sensitivity to certain foods or even food allergies.

Neuroscience News

*Food Allergies Can Be Reversed by Targeting the Microbiome

August 21, 2022

Summary: Researchers developed polymeric micelles of butyrate, a bacterial compound made by healthy a microbiome, that is effective against peanut allergies in mice.

Source: American Chemical Society

Although many people with dietary allergies experience mild symptoms when exposed to triggering foods, some face potentially fatal consequences. A bacterial compound called butyrate that’s made by healthy microbiomes has shown promise against allergic reactions in lab tests, but it’s nasty to take orally.

Today, scientists describe a more palatable way to deliver this compound and report that their “polymeric micelles” are effective against peanut allergies in mice.

The treatment could someday counteract many types of food allergies and inflammatory diseases.

Food Allergy and Asthma: the Burden on the Black Community

Food Allergies and ADHD / ODD: Study Finds Link - ADDitude

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PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS WITH GIFTEDNESS -- Gro-gifted.org

Especially when we focus on the highly and profoundly gifted population, we see a higher incidence of anxiety, depression, introversion, as well as a higher incidence of certain medical conditions than is found among the general population. For instance, clinicians associated with GRO have seen higher incidence of the following among highly and profoundly gifted individuals in their practice:

Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS)
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Epstein Barr Syndrome (EBS)
gastrointestinal problems
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Parkinson’s Disease
Hormonal Disorders
Celiac Disease
Asthma
Allergies
Other autoimmune diseases

ASYNCHRONY and the Challenge of FLOW

9/5/2022

The Complicated Array of Physical, Social, Cognitive and Emotional Abilities and Challenges of the ASYNCHRONOUS Person ---

Mean BIG STRENGTHS and BIG WEAKNESSES are the NORM --- NOT THE EXCEPTION.

Conjecture

It takes a lot of ENERGY to UNDERSTAND the IDIOSYNCRATIC ASYNCHRONOUS PERSON --

EVEN FOR THAT PERSON --- much less anyone else.

One of the reasons it is TAKING SO LONG is we tend to DEFAULT to the PERSON is either ACROSS THE BOARD BELOW AVERAGE or ACROSS THE BOARD ABOVE AVERAGE ---
- Both are DANGEROUS DEFAULTS.

I would say that some of these BIG STRENGTHS are the result of greater DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION that is leading to SENSORY PROCESSING that is putting more DEMANDS on the person.

One of the places you see the DEMANDS is EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING.

Was Executive Functioning damaged by excessive Developmental Inflammation?
Are the Executive Functioning challenges the result of greater damands of Sensory Processing?
Both? It's Individual?
I don't know -- BUT ---
- Developmental Systemic Inflammation
- Sensory Processing Differences
- Executive Functioning Challenges and
- Some BIG STRENGTHS
- often go together.

There is a lot of SHARED COMMONALITY of INTEREST in getting ASYNCHRONOUS PEOPLE in their STRENGTHS.
- It doesn't ELIMINATE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING CHALLENGES --
  - But it is generally going to REDUCE THEM.

"FLOW" is the state that most people are trying to reach that is a BALANCE of their individual STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES.
- You can see how hard this would be for the ASYNCHRONOUS PERSON and EVERYONE ELSE to do with the LIGHTS OFF or IN IGNORANCE.

Beyond some IDEALIZED STATE OF FLOW ---
- It can be excruciatingly and dangerously difficult for the ASYNCHRONOUS person to stay within HOMEOSTASIS.

This requires an INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH for:
- Families
- Education and
- Employment

CATEGORIES can be a helpful JUMPING OFF POINT --- but it's just the beginning.
- Generally, we're talking about SHARED GENES across NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL and PSYCHIATRIC CATEGORIES, and
- IDIOSYNCRATIC MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION and AFTER-ACQUIRED INFLAMMATION.

So ONE-SIZE is not going to fit all in the FAMILY, EDUCATION or EMPLOYMENT.

Gifted 101
Asynchrony in the Gifted

At 2:30: "This definition really points out how our gifted children NEED, NEED, NEED MODIFICATIONS.

"They can't just be left alone with that MYTH that they will be fine on their own.

No, they NEED THESE MODIFICATIONS to develop optimally."

I would submit that ASYNCHRONOUS ADULTS need MODIFICATIONS as well to function optimally -- and sometimes just to function.

Strength-Based Approach

Go With the Flow

Shared Genes & Psychiatric Disorders

Employment Index

University College London (UCL)

T Cell Homeostasis Why It Is Important To Understand

"Characterising the mechanisms of T cell homeostasis is important for understanding how the immune system functions normally and how dysfunction results in disease."

Research at University College London on T-Cell Homeostasis could be relevant for Neuro-Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders that are now being recognized to have a large IMMUNE SYSTEM COMPONENT.

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Thoughts on Neuro-Diverse Careers

Managing a Hyper-Connected Brain with Executive Functioning Challenges

Time Management, Slower Processing, Fatigue, Transitions & Gifts

Reading Disorders & Psychiatric Co-Morbidity

"REASONABLENESS" as a Driver of "TOXICITY"

"Empathy" in ADHD and Autism

Neuro-Diversity and "Personality Disorders"

Neuro-Diversity, Food Allergies & A Major Breakthrough*

ASYNCHRONY and the Challenge of FLOW

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