Angela O'Brien is a personal organizer and mom of two. Her daughter (20) has Down syndrome and her son is a college senior. Today Angela discusses the stress of deciding what's next for her daughter while also managing her grief that being empty nesters isn't in her near future. Today she also shares how she especially loves working with parents of special needs kids to create a calm and peaceful environment for themselves and their families so that they can focus their own energies on the th...
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Angela O'Brien is a personal organizer and mom of two. Her daughter (20) has Down syndrome and her son is a college senior. Today Angela discusses the stress of deciding what's next for her daughter while also managing her grief that being empty nesters isn't in her near future. Today she also shares how she especially loves working with parents of special needs kids to create a calm and peaceful environment for themselves and their families so that they can focus their own energies on the th...
Women with Neurodivergence and How They Are Often Overlooked
Where the F Is My Village
1 hour 47 minutes
2 years ago
Women with Neurodivergence and How They Are Often Overlooked
Statistics show that when considering neurodiversity, girls and women often get overlooked. Things are improving, but still have a ways to go. In the 1990's 1 girl for every 9 boys was diagnosed with ADHD. By 2020 that number grew to 1 for every 2.5 boys. Girls often get missed because they are not the "classroom distraction" or "hyperactive". Girls present their symptoms differently and if not recognized or diagnosed, a girl can grow into a woman with a lot of negative feelings about ...
Where the F Is My Village
Angela O'Brien is a personal organizer and mom of two. Her daughter (20) has Down syndrome and her son is a college senior. Today Angela discusses the stress of deciding what's next for her daughter while also managing her grief that being empty nesters isn't in her near future. Today she also shares how she especially loves working with parents of special needs kids to create a calm and peaceful environment for themselves and their families so that they can focus their own energies on the th...
