Research shows neurotypical people form negative judgments about autistic, ADHD, and gifted individuals in seven seconds: snap judgments that scale into lifetime systematic exclusion. Drawing on University of Nottingham studies, we reveal how thin-slice judgments operate faster than consciousnes…
The Architecture of Invisibility: Why Neurodivergent Masking Makes Us Sick For 50 years, I disappeared in plain sight. Tenured law professor, Fulbright scholar, immigrant success story, yet I was invisible, even to myself. At 62, my autism diagnosis revealed a devastating truth: the problem was …