Examining what happens when we take neurodivergence (and neurodivergent communication) OUTSIDE of the medical model.
Neurocultural Sovereignty is a form of integration work that combines a few of my key areas of expertise: intercultural communication skills, sociolinguistics, and language access. It's also deeply informed by my own lived experiences as a multiply neurodivergent woman and mother.
At the heart of this work is a vision for navigating life by anchoring our sense of self outside of medicalized definitions of neurodivergence, where we can learn to inhabit our neurodivergence as a culture, with integrity and wholeness, instead of invisibility and exhaustion.
Through my work, I show how we can:
✿ Find joy in the process of cultivating a vibrant internal home for our neurodivergent sense of self.
✿ Become skillful at being different in communication, instead of simply relying on the inconsistent (and unsatisfying) results of masking.
✿ Develop an intercultural lens through which to navigate life with resilience and sovereignty, thus reclaiming our right to be different, be whole, and belong.
"We cannot live securely in a world which is not our own, in a world which is interpreted for us by others.
Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to put our ears to our own inner voices, to see our own light, which is our birthright, and comes to us in silence."
Elaine Bellezza
