Neurodivergence

  This is a blog post about my potential indicators for high sensitivity. It is based on 2011 Published 'Contributions of Dopamine-Related Genes and Environment Factors to Highly Sensitive Personality'.  I am a highly sensitive person, and I have been aware of that for over a couple of decades. Even before I realized that I was a highly sensitive, I've been referred to as sensitive in both positive and negative ways.  I am a neurodivergent with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD. I also have Ataxia which is a rare neurological issue. Neurodivergents do happen.  I got Elaine Aron's books about high sensitivity in people which led me to create the MSN group The Highly Sensitive People back in 1999. I have done whole genome testing with Dante Labs and Sequencing, and so I checked my genome to check for any possible indicators for high sensitivity. Contributions of Dopamine-Related Genes and Environmental Factors to Highly Sensitive Personality: A Multi-Step Neuronal System-Level...

   I read a Genome Wide Association Study about a discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia.  With my being a neurodivergent with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as having Ataxia, I was very interested.  I was mistook for being intellectually handicapped and misplaced in a special education class with intellectually disabled children in 1st grade after being in a regular class in kindergarten. My mother even got her Fallopian Tubes tied because she felt that I would need a lot of special attention and care. I was placed in a more appropriate special education class in 2nd grade after I was found to be of average above intelligence. I repeated the 2nd grade. My mother told me that it was her decision. She thought I wasn't mature enough. She told me that I had the possiblity skip a grade. I started being mainstreamed in regular classroom around the end of 2nd grade.  I was full mainstream...