Women who start multiple projects, generate ideas rapidly, and build businesses are being told they have ADHD. They tell me that their doctor or their online diagnosis told them that the real reason they manage multiple projects at once or have loads of business ideas is actually because they ‘have ADHD’! Women who prefer solitude, depth, or meaningful connection over superficial socialising are being told they are autistic. Appalling. Women who cut off abusive families, question authority, demand justice, make institutional complaints, or refuse to comply with harmful systems are being told they have ‘rigidity’, ‘black-and-white thinking’, or ‘social deficits’. They are being told they have sensitivity to justice because they must be Autistic. Even women who pursue PhDs, create new frameworks, challenge dominant paradigms, and become intensely focused on their work are being told they have ‘special interests’. At what point do we actually wake up and realise what is happening to us? AGAIN. Read my new article to find out more.