¡No Seas Tan Changa!: Growing Up 'Too Sensitive' with Undiagnosed Autism and ADHD in Puerto Rico

"I spent my life thinking I was changa. It turns out, I was just navigating a neurotypical world with a different operating system."

In Puerto Rico, if a child is too sensitive to the itchy lace of a school uniform or questions an illogical rule, they are labeled changa or malcriada. For Camil, life was a series of variables that never quite added up.

They found sanctuary in the precise world of pure mathematics, eventually earning a Ph.D. and building a life governed by logic. But when a catastrophic hurricane strips away their routines and a new chapter of parenthood pushes their sensory system to its breaking point, the "social algorithm" they spent a lifetime perfecting finally crashes.

¡No Seas Tan Changa! is a final proof of identity. Moving between the reality of being neurodivergent and research-backed interludes, Camil uncovers the missing variables of their own autism and ADHD.

Año: 2026 | Páginas: 155

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