Geonimals - Art that helps your head space!

Art helped her headspace, can it help yours? Her name is Lorna and she is the creator of all you can see here! She is neurodiverse! Do you know what that means? Do you know what it is like to be neurodiverse (not neurotypical)?

Lorna has autism and ADHD. It does not mean she is a weirdo or strange; it just means she sees the world differently from neurotypical people.

Did you know that Autism is a spectrum condition? Not one person will have the same difficulties or symptoms as another, same with ADHD.
Lots of people presume she is thinking all the time; they are very wrong.

Her mind is very blank, like a white canvas, as she does not think much at all. This means she says things straight as they are without any thought behind it.

This also means that she tends not to think about the future, or consequences to actions, or how much or little to say to new people, and what is or is not appropriate. She can also get hyper-focused or lose interest, as her attention is very interchangeable.

Along with being on the autistic spectrum and having ADHD, Lorna has had many other mental health and learning difficulties. She learned a lot of therapies while she was unwell, one of the main ones being DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy), which inspired her to start drawing because it helped her headspace. Geonimals is the result of this.

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Aug 14 Lorna Buechner

Aug 14 Shanali Perera

Aug 14 Graciela Cassel