Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

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This book is geared towards late-diagnosed autistic women who are able to have a "normal" job, given sufficient sensory and social accommodations.

And I'll save my criticisms of treating "Highly Sensitive Person" like an actual diagnosis because oh my god. Reads as an extremely out of touch hr manual which is especially jarring considering how much passion the author clearly has for the topic. Since the book is about Gender and neurodivergence, I don't expect a deep dive on Race and ADHD/Autism however given how recently this work was published I find the sparse mentioning of race to be inadequate. As other reviewers have complained, the author is way too generous with generalizations and focuses on highly successful women who are diagnosed later in life. I feel that the author collected a lot of stories from women that were closer to her economic social circles, which is fine, but I’m very much a working class woman who was looking for more help navigating the struggles I have within my social class, which I didn’t find in this book.I loved that Nerenberg explained all of the ways the brain functions out of the norm and how to deal with this. Her clients and previous speaking engagements include the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Tahirih Justice Center, Park Day School, OZY Media, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and others.

I'm not a woman, but since I spent my first 18 years of my life perceived in all my offline social spheres as a girl, my experiences from then are more like late-diagnosed autistic women's than late-diagnosed autistic men's. I was very much looking forward to reading this, as the premise is laudable/something I am selfishly interested in, and I was extremely disappointed afterward.I could go on, but must rest now (note: the book suggests that needing rest is a sign of neurodivergence. The author names problems, and gives systemic solutions, but no practical advice for the individual on the small scale.