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My Volunteering Experience at Buddha Garden
For four weeks during the month of August 2017, I went for therapy. I would get up at 5: 30 am and cycle to my therapist every weekday on muddy roads that were sludgy during the unpredictable monsoon. My therapist and I would never have conversations; her therapy involved taking directions from her caretakers, feeding […]
The Self-Erasing Self: Reclaiming the Neurodivergent Identity
Throughout ‘Movember’ and its immediate aftermath, the university has put on a number of events for the sake of Mental Health Awareness. But for those of us who have suffered the ravages of mental health stigma for years on end, it’s a real struggle not to be cynical. Neurodivergents – i.e. anyone whose psychology lies […]
