Neurokin means “someone who shares your neurotype.” Those of us who diverge from neuro-normativity are whole, beautiful humans who want to enjoy life, but too often we find ourselves isolated and unable to effectively access community or other resources. I am hopeful that you may feel a greater sense of kinship and belonging (to your neurokin, your local community, and to yourself) through consulting with me and/or coming to a peer social group.
Who is Ellis?
I grew up in a poor rural county of the lowcountry of South Carolina as the 8th of 10 children to a very neurodivergent, homeschooler, religious family. Despite many difficulties and with significant strategy skills, I was able to get a Bachelors in English/Creative Writing in 2017 and a Master of Social Work, 2020, both from Winthrop University. I received a holistic education and am especially skilled in all types of writing, succinct communication, empathy, and ethics, but I’ve also learned so much through lived experiences and the intensity of my special interests.
At age 30, I’ve lived a life that I’ve published some stories about and am writing a book about. I have dynamic joy, acceptance of grief and pain, and galaxies of compassion to share. While I am a writer, a support group leader, a social worker, and a mental health therapist and have helped a multitude of neurodivergent humans through these avenues, consulting/educating gives me more freedom to be my full self and help you achieve your goals. I am self-identified autistic (PDA profile) and self-identified ADHD. I continue to accept my disabilities (chronic illness and autistic-related) and befriend many inner child parts after escaping Christian fundamentalism and surviving other life-altering traumas.
I am also queer (Demisexual, demiromantic, neptunic) and genderfluid (agender/nonbinary; they/them pronouns). I am a white-bodied Southerner who grew up on Yamasee and Kusso land and currently reside on Catawba and Sugaree land. I am staunchly abolitionist, community-oriented, disability-inclusive, mad-liberationist, and intersectional, seeing every human as a whole person and seeking to live out my values every day. I actively listen to or am in relationship with people who have lived experience and wisdom related to being neurodivergent (mad, plural, etc.), Black, Latine, Indigenous, spiritual, undocumented, disabled, chronically ill, gender-nonconforming, and much more. I am continually divesting from whiteness, white supremacy, capitalism, colonialism, heterosexism, ableism, and many other violent systems so that I can be an effective co-conspirator within my community.
I am constantly changing my hairstyle and color and enjoy going to cat cafes, singing, watching the way sunlight hits the trees, collecting and creating art, feeling emotions, binge-watching TV shows like Letterkenny and Schitts Creek, observing human interactions, listening to Bon Iver, baking, reading, researching my special interests, doing yoga, writing poetry, and hanging out with other cool kids like me.
Neurokin Consulting and Community Care 