Imagine how much more our children could thrive if the goal of school wasn’t compliance, but curiosity. Imagine if we gave them room to grow, explore, and learn through experience rather than lectures, worksheets, and endless tests.
Category Archives: Inclusion Starts At Home
Reclaiming Patriotism: A Fourth of July Reflection
As the birthday of our country approaches, I’ve been seeing more and more videos and posts about the flag… this symbol of freedom that once united us. For years now, I haven’t felt joy in celebrating Independence Day, not because I don’t want to, but because the American flag has been co-opted by some asContinue reading “Reclaiming Patriotism: A Fourth of July Reflection”
Why We Told Our 5-Year-Old She’s Autistic and ADHD
My oldest was five and a half when she was diagnosed as both Autistic and ADHD, just like me. But I’d known since she was two that she was at least ADHD, and the more I researched autism to better understand myself, the more I began to recognize the signs in her too. I alsoContinue reading “Why We Told Our 5-Year-Old She’s Autistic and ADHD”
An Open Letter to RFK Jr.
I’ve been sitting with a lot of feelings since hearing RFK Jr.’s recent comments about autism. As an autistic mother of an autistic child, his words felt personal—like an attempt to erase people like me and my family. I wasn’t sure what to do with that feeling at first, but eventually, I wrote this openContinue reading “An Open Letter to RFK Jr.”
Why Autistic and ADHD People Are Scared Right Now: A Call for Understanding
By Clarissa Enos Plagmann Note: I published this post on Substack, and on my other blog, but I am consolidating the two blogs into one now, so I am working on transferring my posts here. Here is the full blog post. I think this is such an important topic and it’s so important to me.Continue reading “Why Autistic and ADHD People Are Scared Right Now: A Call for Understanding”
It’s time? Already?
The other day, I realized I only had a few pages left in my bullet journal and that I would need a new one before the end of September, even if I just did my weekly to-do lists and didn’t do a monthly page at all. So, I ordered a new bullet journal and startedContinue reading “It’s time? Already?”
LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent
By Clarissa Enos Plagmann In the last year, I’ve been doing a lot of research into ADHD and Autism. More specifically I’ve been following influencers and bloggers who are ADHD and/or Autistic, especially women (and men) who were diagnosed as adults. A few of them have talked about how common it is to be onContinue reading “LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent”
Homemaking and ADHD
Housekeeping is a struggle with ADHD. It is so hard finding a schedule for housework and sticking to it, I buy way too many decor pieces and always want more, and I just overall struggle with keeping my house clean, cozy, child-friendly, and ADHD-friendly. As always, this is a work in progress. But, here areContinue reading “Homemaking and ADHD”
ADHD and Follow Through
One thing I’ve always struggled with is following through on my goals, dreams, promises, chores and anything else you could think of that I could fail at following through on. Society would call this irresponsible or flakey. Someone who can’t follow through is someone you can’t trust. But here’s the thing: I’ve always wanted toContinue reading “ADHD and Follow Through”
Mental health is health
By Clarissa Enos Plagmann I have so many ideas for blog posts, some half-written, some only vaguely thought of, that I struggle knowing what to post each week. I was tossing around a few ideas and started writing a couple this week, but then I was sitting here thinking about an experience I had thisContinue reading “Mental health is health”
The Neurodivergent Homemaker 