"Why are we talking about a children's story? Well, for one, my daughter is Jojo-figuratively and literally. She's playing Jojo in her school play, Seussical Kids. But beyond that, Dina is similar to Jojo. She's the smallest girl in her class, and her mind tends to trail off into the deepest notes of her imagination. Dina also shares that short-lived sense of wonder that all children have-that openness and curiosity that allows her to observe untaintedly."
"Sitting in the third row of the school's auditorium for one of Dina's rehearsals, I counted the minutes until I could go back home. I was restless, my tummy was rumbling, and I started to envy the father in the row behind me because he thought ahead and brought his laptop with him. Life was a basic hellhole in my ADHD head."
Autistic individuals experience anomalous sensory phenomena at higher rates than neurotypicals. Unusual sensory experiences include synesthesia, perceived supernatural encounters, and reports framed as telepathy. People with histories of anomalous experiences frequently avoid sharing them when public reaction is stigmatizing. A fictional example describes Horton perceiving tiny people and being ridiculed, illustrating social dismissal of atypical perception. A personal anecdote about a daughter playing Jojo and a narrator with ADHD conveys the intersection of wonder, imagination, isolation, and misunderstanding surrounding atypical sensory and cognitive experiences.
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