Sheldon Gay shares about giftedness, in particular the intersections of being late-identified as a Black man. He hosts the I Must Be BUG'N podcast (Black, Underrepresented/Unidentified, Gifted and otherwise Neurodivergent).

I absolutely love his term of having a sparkly mind! We weave through many topics, including education and melanated & marginalized kids not having their needs met.

This is the first of 5-6 upcoming episodes on gifted neurodivergent experiences.

p.s. that "or, but anyway" that I didn't finish was that people experience my intensity as seeming like mental illness.

Mentioned in episode & connect with Sheldon:

Sheldon's website
I Must Be BUG'N podcast
Our Wild Minds (community for Black gifted adults)
Dr. Joy Lawson Davis is a friend & mentor whom Sheldon would like to mention & point toward her website for her work with Black/BIPOC gifted advocacy: https://drjoylawsondavis.com/
Living With Intensity book (affiliate link)

Resources:

Transcript Doc
Email Newsletter
Like Your Brain community space (Patreon)

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87 Giftedness & the Sparkly Mind with Sheldon Gay