Spring 2026
Masking at Work - Juliet Obaniyi
The piece explores how traditional workplace structures such as rigid schedules, pressure-driven productivity, constant social performance, and sensory overload, disproportionately impact neurodivergent women.
Changing of the Tides - Nellie Nakhel
Learning to Swim through Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness, and the Shifting 100
Neural Load: Catherine Swett
In the logic of Antonio Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis, silence is high-entropy data, a signal demanding immediate, involuntary processing.
Boxes - Kari Burroughs Kraakevik
The piece explores neurodivergence, environmental regulation, and the relationship between unpacking, safety, and the body’s understanding of home through childhood moves, marriage, illness, and divorce.
A Normal Child by Leonore Wilson
Leonor Wilson captures the experience of family
Big Reactions
Karen Stewart captures how it really is.
Matthew Walton - Managing Editor
Divergents is proud to welcome Matthew Walton as Managing Editor.