From the Desk of Bridgette Hamstead is a Substack about neurodiversity justice, leadership, and the lived experience of an AuDHD woman building a global movement. Click to read From the Desk of Bridge...

A meandering through gender, softness, ancestral knowing, and the sacred refusal to be made small.

Photo: Annie the Long, Ecuadorian guinea pig extraordinaire .

…because I don’t have a pic of a soccer ball; and because guinea pig lips are never not relevant to discussion of a good life.

Ziva (above), a good friend’s cat, is vocal, making her human open doors at her command.

Five years after the killing of George Floyd prompted millions of people to protest, promises have been broken and work undone.

Individuals with ADHD have brains that work different than others. But how does ADHD affect the brain?

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the Trump administration.

From sensory sensitivities to a lack of accessible information, periods can present unique challenges for autistic people.

About a thousand people marched outside of Tom Homan’s home in village of less than 1,500 after family was detained A mother and her three children who were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents as part of a sweep in the tiny hometown of the Trump administration’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, have been released following days of outcry from community figures, advocates and protesters calling for their freedom. Over the weekend, about a thousand protesters marched outside of Homan’s home in a small New York village, calling for the release of the family after they were detained last month. The family has not been named or spoken out publicly. Continue reading...

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need for earlier

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need for earlier