I remember being told I was “on a slow boat to China” at school. I didn’t even know what it meant at the time — but the way it was said made it clear it wasn’t meant kindly. It stuck with me, not because I understood it, but because I felt it. It summed upContinue reading ““A Slow Boat to China”: My Journey Through Education as a Neurodivergent Child, to walking across the stage when I got my degree.”