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Kira Young

is a philosopher, poet, Indigenous and environmental rights activist, autistic researcher of autism, singer and hummingbird whisperer who discovered her neurodivergence at 51.

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I call myself the Neurodivergent Insurgent because it will take an insurgency to change the extreme marginalization of autistic and neurodivergent people. I find myself, like the majority of autistics, ADHD as well or as many of us call ourselves, AuDHD. Because I am female and was born in 1969 with no intellectual disability, I did not get to discover my neurotype until 2020. Surviving the first half century not knowing my neurotype did not spare me from being othered, by the neuromajority, like an autistic.

I discovered my neurodivergence by burning out and loosing my ability to mask. Not knowing that I was masking made the experience terrifying. I was suddenly unable to suppress stims that I had been unconsciously suppressing my entire life. I started researching different presentations of burnout and found some information in autistic burnout. I was shocked to find that I was presenting as an autistic in burnout. I remembered burning out as at 6 or 7 years of age and forgetting how to read, which I has been doing since the age of 3. I mentioned my suspicion to my therapist and she listened. I sent her articles of late discovery and she read them all. Eventually, I found an expert in adult discovery and was formally diagnosed.

I should not need a diagnosis since autism and ADHD are not diseases and are not pathological in any way. I am thankful to finally know why I am so different and I am learning to take better care of myself. This site is dedicated to my neurokin. I have learned more abut myself from other autistics and neurodivergents than from all of the doctors who misdiagnosed me and missed my neurodivergence. My co-occurring conditions include but are not limited to hEDS, severe early-onset osteoarthritis, migraines and cluster headaches, borderline POTS, celiac’s disease, swallowing disorder, insomnia, RSD and cPTSD, all of which I had to initially diagnose myself then have it confirmed by a practitioner.

Welcome to the insurgency
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Welcome to the Insurgency. 

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