One of my coaching friends sent me a really good article about fatherhood, family, and neurodiversity.
I am passing this article on to you.
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I believe and know that family connections are important to the overall welfare of each person. One thing that occurred to me as I started reading this article is the lack of support for fathers of someone with a neurodiversity.
I was so impressed that in South Africa they would offer a retreat just for father’s of families with mental health and neurodiversities.
This week take a moment to appreciate the leaders in your life. The people who have invested in you and never got credit for that investment.
One of the greatest things you can do for another person is to acknowledge them and let them know that you see what they have done for you. It is such a powerful, powerful gift.
If you are wondering what that sounds and looks like, here, let me show you.
“Today I wrote this really good article for my business and Grandma, and it made me think of you. All those times you would help me type up my reports for school and teach me your journalism skills.
I am able to do this well because of the time you spent correcting and asking me questions about my reports to make them more in-depth and grammatically correct.
Thank you for investing in me.”
You don’t have to just do this for your family, you can also do this for your friends and colleagues.
Social isolation is real and one of the mental health areas that is on the rise. Taking five to ten minutes to do small things like this makes a huge difference in slowing that growth, for yourself and the other person.
You know me, I am always looking for the win-win.
If you are neurodiverse or one of the key support persons to someone with a neurodiversity one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself, and others is get in connection and contact with more people who are in the same situation.
The power of support, inclusion, and shared values is incredible.
At the end of the article about Fathers and Neurodiversity was a sentence worth quoting about what came out of their retreat.
“They have adopted what they call, Project Echo, a collaborative model designed to bridge gaps in information and create sustainable support networks for the neurodiverse community.
…They remind us that diversity is not just an ideal; it is a necessity for building a compassionate and forward-thinking society.”
Neurodiversity, ADHD, autism, and dyslexia are just identified ways of thinking and processing information. There is no normal, there is just the rest of the people who have not been labeled yet.
Who could you reach out to today and thank for investing in you?
Hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by to read my article.
JoyGenea