Inner Reach Therapeutics, LLC

11/11/2025

If we shouldn’t say “diagnosed as neurodivergent” because neurodivergent isn’t a medical diagnosis but a socio-political term, what should we say instead?

11/09/2025

Autism is often misunderstood, and many autistic individuals are misdiagnosed before receiving accurate support.

Common reasons autistic people are misdiagnosed include:
🎈 Co-occurring conditions hide autism
🎈 Overlooked in high-achieving adults
🎈 Gender bias in diagnostic criteria
🎈 Dismissal of self-reports
🎈 Lack of clinician training
🎈 Struggles are seen as a phase
🎈 Social challenges are seen as anxiety
🎈 Exhaustion seen as depression
🎈 Masking hides traits

These misdiagnoses aren’t the fault of the individual. They reflect systemic gaps in understanding, assessment, and recognition of neurodivergence, especially in adults, women, and gender-diverse people.

At Blue Sky Learning, our neurodiversity-affirming therapists and coaches help you navigate diagnostic challenges, recognize patterns, and get support that meets your unique neurodivergent needs.

Together, we can shift from “Why can’t I get it right?” to “How can I get the understanding and strategies I need to thrive?”

Book a free 20-minute consult at www.blueskylearning.ca or email hello@blueskylearning.ca

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11/06/2025

We will be opening up a support group for neurodivergent folx who also have a chronic illness (or multiple). Below is the plain text description as well as a flyer. Feel free to reach out with questions!

Neurodivergent & Chronically Ill: A Support Group
Tuesdays 1/6/2026-3/3/2026 (8 sessions)
5pm-6pm Eastern
$30 Per Group

This group will be a safe and welcoming space for neurodivergent and chronically ill individuals to share experiences, connect, and support one another. While this group will offer support and life management strategies, medical advice cannot be provided in this space.

Contact Melissa Marris, MOT, OTR/L
Melissa@InnerReachTherapeutics.com

10/16/2025

🌟 ADHD Awareness Has Evolved 🌟

✨ ADHD awareness today is more inclusive, compassionate, and informed than ever before. We now understand that:

🧠 ADHD is a neurodevelopmental and cognitive difference, not a behavioural problem. It affects how the brain manages attention, motivation, emotion, and daily tasks.

⚖️ Attention differences and inconsistencies with tasks are core features. It is not laziness. Someone with ADHD may hyperfocus on something deeply interesting one day and struggle to start a basic task the next.

💭 Executive functioning and emotional regulation can look different for everyone. This might mean difficulty planning, organising, shifting focus, or managing big feelings. This is especially in environments that aren’t ADHD-friendly.

⚧ ADHD impacts all genders, but it doesn’t always look the same due to the hormonal influences. Many AFAB, women, and gender-diverse people go undiagnosed because their ADHD can appear more internalised. This might show up as anxiety, perfectionism, or daydreaming rather than hyperactivity.

💬 Support options exist including coaching, therapy, occupational therapy, adjustments at school or work, and medication when appropriate.

🌈 The shift in ADHD awareness is about understanding, not pathologising. It’s about recognising how differently wired brains process the world and creating spaces where each person can thrive.

10/08/2025

09/29/2025

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There are so many contributing factors that lead up to suicidal thoughts or actions. We need to create a system where early prevention takes place consistently instead of minimizing/ignoring peoples’ experiences and then throwing a hotline number at them. Yes, the hotlines are important and lifesaving, and we will continue to share the numbers. However, wouldn’t it be great if we provided help early enough for people to not need the number?

09/17/2025

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Brené Brown

08/29/2025

What does neurodivergent actually mean? Too often, so called experts, advocates, influencers and even professionals get it wrong so here’s a graphic sharing what neurodivergent is and what neurodivergent isn’t.

💡neurodivergent is a socio-political term that names a social position and has always and continues to include anyone who diverges from neuronormativity including those with mental health conditions

🙅‍♂️ neurodivergent is not synonymous with neurodevelopmental condition nor is it another diagnosis or a medical, clinical or biological term

While not every neurodivergent person will use it as such, over the years it has become a term of resistance against the pathologisation of psychiatry who labels our differences, plurality, voice hearing and altered states as disorders or illnesses - this must be respected.

PS this graphic was inspired by another graphic that was blatantly sharing misinformation so hopefully people can share this one instead 🥲

08/21/2025

By .casale

08/20/2025

Thanks for creating this great graphic on alexithymia itsemilykaty