Review of ESGfitness - Stick to Your Area of Expertise

Stick to Your Area of Expertise

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“I had no issues with this podcast until the subject of neurodivergence came up. The hosts clearly know their stuff about fitness and nutrition. However, the presentation of ADHD and neurodivergence is irresponsible. Neurodivergence is not simply 'thinking differently.' It's a disability. You can't journal your way out of it. ADHD isn't just being easily distracted, and it isn't up to 'high functioning' individuals to speak for the entire community (though this terminology is problematic in itself). An analogy is made between neurodivergence and smartphone software. Well, I have a case with no SIM card. I'm not simply running on different software. My ADHD and autism affect every area of my life. I'm in a constant state of sensory distress. Meltdowns leave me exhausted and terrified that I might hurt myself or others. Does that sound like a superpower to you? There's a huge difference between mild dislexia and being nonverbally autistic. Don't just use neurodivergence as an umbrella term - how exactly is someone with selective mutism, say, supposed to just become an entrepreneur? This kind of messaging is dangerous because it teaches the general public, and worse the DWP, that everyone neurodivergent is a) the same and b) capable of work, and therefore not entitled to the help and support they deserve. I have, no joke, had people tell me I'm putting on my selective mutism because "Greta Thunburg is autistic and she speaks to entire rooms full of people." Those with few impairments are often the only people able to have a public profile, and therefore they become the faces of neurodivergence. They need to amplify the voices of the most vulnerable, not contribute to minimising their struggles and perpetuate harmful stereotypes. Please educate yourself more before you presume to speak for all neurodivergent people, or better, stay in your main wheelhouse. Do not patronise those who are far more impaired than yourself. No amount of toxic positivity will compensate for the difficulties some of us face every single second of the day. My ADHD and autism are not SuPeRPoWerS. They are debilitating. No, I don't want to be infantilised and I certainly don't want anyone to assume I'm stupid, but the world needs to be far more understanding of and willing to make accommodations for neurodivergent people, rather than minimising their struggles and fobbing all of us off with so-called empowering platitudes.”Read full review »

Jruns66 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/28/22

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“I love listening to the content that Emma & her friends bring to these podcasts. They are all funny & inspiring. I have learnt A LOT! Thanks for all the tough truths & keeping me company on my walks”

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