TQ on Growing Up in Conformist Environments & the Real Costs of Living in Multiple Margins

Support the book and podcast by pre-ordering Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! at https://rewilding.cc/book

CW: child physical abuse, brief mentions of s*icidal ideation, and SA. Please use the timestamps below to skip potentially triggering content.

In this episode:

00:40: I, TQ (they/them), introduce my identities, chronic illnesses, neurodivergences, and privileges as the host of Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC!

02:40: My AuDHD journey - starting with early difficulties with socialization, rigid behavior, and autistic burnout (CW: child physical abuse).

05:10: How being a public high school teacher led to my ADHD diagnosis

07:40: Why I continued to struggle after my ADHD diagnosis

09:35: The pros and cons of my autism evaluation and diagnosis experience

13:10: The AuDHD contradictions I experience - especially on top of other neurodivergences and chronic illnesess

16:40: How physical disabilities, transness, queerness, and chronic illness overlap with my AuDHD traits (CW: brief mentions of s*icidal ideation)

21:30: The real violence and financial costs I’ve faced living in the multiple margins of queerness, being negatively racialized, and autistic (CW: SA)

23:40: Immigration as both a challenge and an access need

25:40: Moving from self-care to collective care - what’s helped me most

30:30: Unabashed joy in echolalia and Special Interests

32:35: My message to other queer AuDHD folks who might feel like they’re “too much” for the people and environments they’re in

34:15: What I urgently want therapists, healthcare professionals, Singaporean policymakers, and Singaporean teachers to know about serving multiply-marginalized autistic people of color

35:40: What the Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book covers and how you can support us at https://rewilding.cc/book - which is also how you can join my free newsletter, hire me for peer support, and participate in our community events.

Access the full transcript in our upcoming Queer! AuDHD! BIPOC! book by pre-ordering a copy at https:///rewilding.cc/book

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