Resources
I often get asked "Where did you learn all this stuff?" From other people with lived experience. And we don't gate-keep here - this is some of the work that has most influenced my own and that I continue to recommend as an adjunct to therapy.
Neurodiversity-affirming eating disorder provider spreadsheet
International & updated regularly
Books
Neurodivergence
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I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World by Jules Edwards & Meghan Ashburn
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Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
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Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
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Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker
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Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg
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The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov
(*CW: some non-affirming language, helpful concepts)
Eating disorders & body liberation
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Fearing the Black Body: the Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
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It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies by Jessica Wilson
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
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The Body Is Not an Apology: the Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Other
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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Podcasts
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Body Justice with Allyson Ford
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The Lovely Becoming (on eating disorders and their many intersections) with Mimi Cole
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Maintenance Phase (debunking wellnesss myths) with Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
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Uniquely Human (on autism and neurodiversity) with Barry Prizant and Dave Finch
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Neurodivergent Narratives with Sandra Coral
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Women & ADHD with Katy Weber
Organizations
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Body Reborn, an intersectional healing community for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (provides groups and mentorship)
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FEDUP (Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations), a collective of trans+, intersex, and gender diverse people who believe eating disorders in marginalized communities are social justice issues (provides free peer-led support groups and a dietitian match program)
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Nalgona Positivity Pride, in-community eating disorders and body-positive organization dedicated in creating visibility and resources for Black, Indigenous, communities of color (offers free harm reduction community circle)