Hi Lauren, I've just stumbled across your substack and am loving what you write. I'm also audhd, a pdaer with two teens who are very similar. We've done a mixture of homeschooling and mainstream ed. I'd do it all differently if I could do it again, but started out with absolutely no understanding of autism, adhd or pda, so kept trying to do things the 'normal' way until that became impossible during secondary school. Anyway, it's great to hear about your thoughts and experiences. I'm really fascinated too by ancestral neurodiversity and wonder often how much my ancestors were affected by neurodiverse traits. It's interesting to look back through that lens!
thanks so much for your message! Great to meet you here. We have many similar shared interests and experiences it seems. I would love to hear about your journey too :)
Hello, it's nice to meet you too. We have a lot in common - a shared interest in neurodiversity, low demand living, deschooling, conscious living and storytelling. I live in Australia, with views to the ocean and stunning sunsets, on a few acres which is essentially one huge garden that the kangaroos and other Aussie critters enjoy.
I estimate that 1% of school aged children in Australia are home educated. It’s been reasonably constant at around that for as long I can remember. There is a lot more media attention about it nowadays though and sometimes it can seem as though it’s becoming accepted, but it’s still fringe.
Thankyou for this paragraph in particular- “Connecting over the words is joyful and hopeful for all of us neurodivergents who often find ourselves alone, trapped in our minds with thoughts that seem to alien to the rest of the world.”
Hi Lauren, I've just stumbled across your substack and am loving what you write. I'm also audhd, a pdaer with two teens who are very similar. We've done a mixture of homeschooling and mainstream ed. I'd do it all differently if I could do it again, but started out with absolutely no understanding of autism, adhd or pda, so kept trying to do things the 'normal' way until that became impossible during secondary school. Anyway, it's great to hear about your thoughts and experiences. I'm really fascinated too by ancestral neurodiversity and wonder often how much my ancestors were affected by neurodiverse traits. It's interesting to look back through that lens!
Anyway, I'll look forward to reading more. :)
thanks so much for your message! Great to meet you here. We have many similar shared interests and experiences it seems. I would love to hear about your journey too :)
Hello, it's nice to meet you too. We have a lot in common - a shared interest in neurodiversity, low demand living, deschooling, conscious living and storytelling. I live in Australia, with views to the ocean and stunning sunsets, on a few acres which is essentially one huge garden that the kangaroos and other Aussie critters enjoy.
So nice to meet you here. It’s great to know we share those interests.
Wow - what a garden! How blessed.
I hope to visit Australia within the next few years. I have a feeling that there a lot of home educators over there? Compared to the UK anyway.
I estimate that 1% of school aged children in Australia are home educated. It’s been reasonably constant at around that for as long I can remember. There is a lot more media attention about it nowadays though and sometimes it can seem as though it’s becoming accepted, but it’s still fringe.
Thankyou for this paragraph in particular- “Connecting over the words is joyful and hopeful for all of us neurodivergents who often find ourselves alone, trapped in our minds with thoughts that seem to alien to the rest of the world.”
I really enjoyed reading this and getting to know you. We share some of the same interests :-)