Different is My Identifier

• By: Becca Lory Hector, CAS, BCCS Evolving Skye, LLC
• April 1st, 2020
• confidence, diagnosis, female, identity, role models, self-esteem, Spring 2020 Issue, validation
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I was eight years old the first time I remember being aware of my difference. It didn’t have a name yet, that was still decades away, but nonetheless, suddenly at the ripe old age of eight, I was cognizant of that I was indeed different. For the seven years of life prior to that, I happily lived...