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She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and the Diagnosis That Changes Everything Audiobook
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One diagnosis can change everything. That is what Nefertiti Austin discovered when she was told her daughter Cherish had ADHD and SPD. After much learning, on both their parts, Nefertiti and Cherish finally found the letters that worked for them, chief among them M-O-M.
In She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and the Diagnosis That Changes Everything, Nefertiti captures the failures and triumphs of raising a neurodivergent child. Alongside relatable anecdotes from her own experiences, Nefertiti offers insight from experts and easy to digest strategies she wishes she had had from the start. She also shines a light on why many neurodivergent children and teenagers are overlooked and undiagnosed—often due to hurtful stereotypes, gender bias, racism, and homophobia in the healthcare and education systems—and what parents can do to ensure their child is evaluated by the right people at the right time.
With tips for navigating the mental health and educational systems, deciphering psychological jargon, advocating for your child, and encouraging family and friends to get on board, She's Just Spirited is an invaluable and relatable guide that empowers parents to fully love and support their neurodivergent child in all aspects of life.
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About Nefertiti Austin
Nefertiti Austin, an author and memoirist, writes about the erasure of diverse voices in motherhood. Her work around this topic has been short-listed for literary awards and appeared in a number of media outlets, including the Huffington Post, Essence.com, Mutha, and adoptive families magazines, PBS SoCal’s “To Foster Change,” and PBS Parents. She earned degrees in US history and African American studies. She is a former certified PS-MAPP trainer, where she co-led classes for participants wanting to attain a license to foster and/or adopt children from the foster-care system. She is an alumna of the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, and her first two novels, Eternity and Abandon, helped usher in the black romance genre in the mid-1990s.