My own experience of neurodiversity has been a deep frustration with myself that I find certain things incredibly difficult that neurotypical people find effortless.
Realising that dyspraxia was the reason why I couldn't "just" catch a ball, drive a car, run in a straight line was a huge relief. It used to be called "minimal brain damage" and that's how not being able to "just" do things like NT people made me feel.
I do think all of us end up with a sort of incredulous envy at some point. "You mean you can just... do that apparently mundane thing I find incredibly challenging?". And yes it's an enormous relief to know no amount of practice or willpower would have made any difference.
My own experience of neurodiversity has been a deep frustration with myself that I find certain things incredibly difficult that neurotypical people find effortless.
Realising that dyspraxia was the reason why I couldn't "just" catch a ball, drive a car, run in a straight line was a huge relief. It used to be called "minimal brain damage" and that's how not being able to "just" do things like NT people made me feel.
I do think all of us end up with a sort of incredulous envy at some point. "You mean you can just... do that apparently mundane thing I find incredibly challenging?". And yes it's an enormous relief to know no amount of practice or willpower would have made any difference.