06/16/2025
Today is Neurodivergent Pride Day — a day to celebrate the unique ways our minds work, the creativity and strength that come with thinking, learning, feeling, and experiencing the world differently.
Neurodivergence shows up in many ways, such as:
🧠 Mental health differences like OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders
📚Learning differences such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, auditory processing disorder, and more
🌱 Developmental profiles including autism, ADHD, and dyspraxia
🧬 Genetic conditions like Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome, and Sanfilippo syndrome
🩺 Acquired differences from brain injury, stroke, or long COVID
🕰️ Age-related changes such as dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s
This list isn’t exhaustive.
At its core, neurodivergence is about having a brain and body that work differently than what society expects — how you regulate emotions, focus attention, process information, move through the world, and engage with life.
You don’t need a label or diagnosis to be part of this. If your way of being doesn’t fit the “norm,” that’s neurodivergence.
If you’re still learning to hold pride, you’re not behind.
You’re just real.
And being real in a world that rewards performance is resistance in itself.
Not everyone feels proud every day, and that’s okay. Pride isn’t a demand or a performance — it’s an act of survival. It’s choosing yourself in a world that often asks you to shrink. It’s honouring your truth, however messy or complex, and refusing to apologize for needing space, time, or support.
Today, whether you’re loudly claiming your space or quietly holding it, know this:
To live unapologetically neurodivergent is to rewrite the rules of belonging.
