Dr Sarah Warley
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Because they are neuroextraordinary.
Somehow this whole dialogue needs to shift.
And I think when the broader society begins to realize the true value that's there, and frankly, how much our future is going to depend on that value, then this terrible pressure to mask and be lonely and everything is going to go away.
As I said, I think there's, you know, lack of self-confidence, which I see across the board, by the way, with everything, including in things like dyslexia, dyspraxia, I see it across the board.
A tendency towards anxiety or depression.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, I think those are the bigger things.
I mean, I can give you, should I give you an example about someone that I know that was really struggling to kind of keep a lid on everything, which is what you do, don't you?
You try and keep a lid.
So this is actually someone, I'll call him Arthur, not his actual name, he's a good friend of my eldest son's, and a phenomenally talented guy, truly talented.
So he used to swim competitively when he was younger, very, very ADHD.
Very.
And he's like a rocket in that pool.
And he won a scholarship.
He was from a very humble background.
And he won a scholarship to one of the best private schools in the country.
Full scholarship.
And then he rode.
And then he got a place at Oxford.
You know, his dad's in tears.