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24 March 2022Influential Women in IPRebecca Campbell

‘I blamed myself for my differences’: neurodivergence in IP

I wasn’t diagnosed as neurodivergent until my early 30s. Neurodivergence is the term for when someone's brain processes, learns, and/or behaves differently from what is considered “typical”.

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