The Tessa McEnvoy Interview
Tessa McEnvoy She/Her In this interview with myself explores her diagnoses of apraxia, as well as sensory processing disorder, bipolar disorder and autism. On Facebook she has created the 'Apraxia Story' blog, a blog which is where she writes of her diagnoses of apraxia and neurodivergent conditions and her experiences of being an adoptee. In this interview she touches on her experience of an adoptee, which has given her trauma of being gaslit, manipulated and exploited in what she describes as abuse with her adopted family and shares her not so easy challenge of seeking to live a free and independent life in an abled world with such conditions been taken advantage of by others and how it can be hard to self-advocate. Telling of the challenges a person with oral-motor apraxia may have with communicating she shares how it can prove challenges in school and the work place when its all so difficult to advocate for yourself and get the necessary working conditions that she needs with useful advice to give to teachers and employers about the needs of neurodivergent people. You can support Apraxia Story on Patreon;https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43542084&fbclid=IwAR3ZWiCGxbqGO76EgOG018q-Bh6K1IZGKI8_-mBAfTLrlH5ulls-c9SkGP0 You can follow Apraxia Story Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ApraxiaStory
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