9/24 Living With It

Join the Duke Neurodiversity Advocates (DNA) for an open, supportive group discussion about what it means to live with a learning difference or chronic disability. This isn’t a lecture or workshop — it’s a safe, judgment-free space to talk about daily life, coping, identity, and the complicated emotions that come with having a brain or body that doesn’t always cooperate.

Whether you have dyslexia, dyscalculia, EDS, POTS, migraines, post-concussive symptoms, or any condition that shapes how you learn and live — this meeting is for you.

We’ll talk about:

• The reality of balancing academics, health, and mental bandwidth

• Grief, frustration, and guilt around “not being able to do what others can”

• The difference between acceptance and resignation

• The constant recalibration of energy, expectations, and self-worth

• How to build systems of support and belonging when you feel alone in it