Early in my life, I didn’t have the words “highly sensitive person”, or “sensory processing sensitivities”, I just knew the world often felt too loud, and I struggled to find a place where I could be myself. So, I did what so many other people do, and learned how to hide my sensitivities.

This is one of the many reasons that when on a trip to Ithaca, New York last week, visiting Cornell University’s Human Ecology building, I was floored when I walked into a beautiful exhibit celebrating neurodiversity.