Why Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergents Feel Broken — It’s Not You, It’s the System

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Being late-diagnosed as neurodivergent can feel like waking up to a new kind of marginalization—especially if you’ve already faced other systemic barriers. Many of us internalize bias and stigma, believing we’re the problem instead of recognizing how society itself isn’t built for us.

In this episode we unpack how systemic oppression impacts late-diagnosed neurodivergents. We’ll explore:

✨ How hierarchies, capitalism, and colonialism shaped modern forms of bias
✨ Why internalized oppression looks like self-blame and fawning responses
✨ The role of intersectionality in privilege, power, and marginalization
✨ Why community and safe connection are essential for healing trauma
✨ And how to start seeing your struggles as systemic, not personal failure

This is part of a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming series designed to help late-diagnosed adults understand how bias, history, and hierarchy affect our mental health and sense of belonging.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:02 The social hierarchy
13:34 What societal privilege really means
18:32 What if you don't think you are marginalized?
21:11 The research says... (How this impacts mental health and community)
24:30 Dehumanization and internalized oppression
29:11 Why this matters
37:06 Wrapping it up (but don't click away yet!)


This video examines how being a late diagnosed autistic person often intersects with internalized ableism. It also touches upon mental health and the importance of neurodiversity. Disability pride and stigma reduction are key to creating a more accepting world.

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👉😎 👉DEFINITION OF TRAUMA PER THE TIP 57 (SAMHSA, 2014):
"...the term 'trauma' refers to experiences that cause intense physical and psychological stress reactions. It can refer to 'a single event, multiple events, or a set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically and emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well being' (SAMHSA, 2012, p. 2).”