This photobook is showcasing my coming of age story. I grew up just the same as every other kid, just the same as you did and your friends did, and how your children will. So similarly that the signs of my neurodivergence were missed because I was assigned female at birth and was a good kid. This is my story, demonstrating that something that may seem very normal at face value was much more difficult to go through than what meets the eye. Neurodivergent people are normal and the things they experience deserve support and understanding from those around them. They deserve people to notice that what may be easy to the average person, may be one of the hardest tasks for them. Neurodivergence deserves a place in the world, a place of kindness. We are very much here, and very much normal, with these very normal childhoods like everyone else. Sometimes things are just a little harder, a little more overwhelming, and we need just a little more support. I want to bring awareness to neurodivergent children, especially those born female, as we are often overlooked. The numbers used to be that for every 25 boys diagnosed with ADHD, only 1 girl was, and although that number is getting much better, we need to see much more drastic improvements. Using data from 2016 to 2019, boys were diagnosed more at 13% than girls who were at 6%. I fought for my diagnosis, because I knew what was wrong with me was not 'just anxiety', but I should not have had to fight. As a child I was overlooked because I was a 'good kid' and as an adult I had to fight to be heard because many male professionals cast the idea aside. It was a female doctor who heard me. No one should have to fight to be heard, no one should be overlooked, and every neurodivergent person out there deserves support.