Kantu on Indigenous Bolivian-Dominican Identity and Autonomy-Centered Care

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In this episode:

00:25: Meet Kantu (all pronouns/they/them), a Bolivian-Dominican, genderqueer lesbian AuDHDer, and all their intersecting identities, disabilities, and chronic illnesses.

01:46: Their autism and ADHD diagnoses journey, and why they don’t really identify with early or late-diagnosed labels

04:00: What it’s like when their ADHD and autism pull them in opposite directions — plus how they overlap with major depressive disorder and dissociative identity disorder

07:00: Why growing up in Bolivian-Dominican communities that normalized their neurodivergent traits while still being conservative about queerness

10:22: The challenges and beauty of being “all of the above” — queer, disabled, neurodivergent, and racialized

13:05: Kantu shares how neurodivergence makes their workplace in the music industry more fun

15:18: How white-dominated neurodivergent spaces ignore intersectionality while profiting from representation

17:51: What “medium support needs” looks like at work and at home for Kantu

20:11: How crochet, composing, and performing music drive her lifelong joys and Special Interests

21:59: Why newly-diagnosed, questioning AuDHD folks shouldn’t fear the word “disability”

23:20: Kantu shares their workplace accommodations and encourages others to ask for what they need without guilt

26:35: “The dream model of psychiatric care” — a shoutout to their healthcare team and the self-advocacy it takes to seek autonomy-centered, transparent, and collaborative healthcare

29:23: Kantu’s closing message about autonomy for all healthcare professionals and policymakers

30:12: How to support Kantu’s content and art commissions

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