This workshop will take place online. More events in the Divergent Design Series.

In this workshop we will examine the ways that the compulsory executive functioning paradigm has twisted our very existence as neurodivergent people from “difference” into “disorder,” shamed us for our differences, and then blamed us for the dysfunction that shame has caused.

We will examine some of the ways that shame shows up in our lives and bodies—especially as avoidance, procrastination, and the serial abandonment of projects we love—and explore ways we can disrupt that shame so it becomes less and less debilitating in our lives, relationships, and work.

This workshop will draw in part on the work of Dr. Devon Price in his recently released book Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power, which is not specifically about neurodivergence, but offers many insights that can be helpful in overcoming the special, debilitating hell that is neurodivergent shame.

CW: discussions of shame

About the Divergent Design workshop series:

These workshops will be useful to you as standalone workshops; you can go to any one without having gone to the others, and it should make sense and be helpful. However, if you can come to all four, you will see how they build and loop back on each other in interconnected and transformative ways.

Please bring something to record/write with during the session, as well as something to doodle or draw with. If there is interest, we will hold an additional peer support session on 8th July to consider how we might continue to share experiences and support each other.

About the facilitator:

I’m Marta Rose, a neurodivergent creator living in Philadelphia PA. I have a neurodivergent partner, as well as two grown neurodivergent kids. I started making content for neurodivergent creatives on Instagram as divergent_design_studios and on YouTube as The Spiral Lab, which is also the name of my substack newsletter. I’m still publishing the newsletter semi-regularly, but most of my creative energy these days is spent making art, writing a novel, doing interior design, and facilitating a wonderful online community called DDS (Divergent Design Studios), hosted on the Mighty Networks platform. We offer body-doubling sessions, lots of peer support, and creative workshops and maker space sessions on various topics, from cooking to doodling to authentic movement practice.

Learn more about Divergent Design Studios

Access information for this event:

This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.

There will be 100 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: Talk / Lecture, Writing, Visual presentation, possibly group discussion/breakout rooms depending on size

If you have any questions or access requirements, please get in touch with us via [email protected].

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All events will adhere to our safer spaces policy, which you can learn about here.

How to access the event:

After booking a ticket, you will be sent several reminder emails from Eventbrite leading up to the event. We will also send emails that share any resources that attendees will need access to, including any required materials.

Access links will be sent to attendees in advance of the event. For any technical problems, please email [email protected]

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