“Quotes from stakeholders”

Quotes extracted from my online workshop on October 15, part of the calendar for Dyspraxia Awareness Week.

“You are too dirty for a girl“. ‘Your room is too messy for a girl”. My flaws were always less accepted by my parents than my brothers, and many times I acted unnatural for praise, like wear make-up and not trying to be a tom boy.” (Michelle, 20)

“At work, I hear all the time: Can I be served by a man? I get flustered with speech when I get stressed and worked up, and people take that as being unintelligent. You can’t be intelligent if you can’t get your words in the right order.”( Alexandra 22 IT worker)

“I agreed with everyone else has said, of course there’s going to be variation and brains that work all kinds of differently, but I personally don’t like the kind of trope of it is a super power, because I think that can take away from the challenges that we face.” ( Julia 22)

“I disagreed with Julia, Its great to celebrate neurodiversity whilst also not ignoring the challenges of every day. (Michelle 20)

“I will never forget what the lady who did my screening report wrote: “She has the spark and spunk of a neurodiverse female.” (Lia 14)