Fialkora MyndruUkrainian Clinical & Rehabilitation Psychologist
The project grew from group work with teens supported by Autism Unity.
Youth-centered · multilingual · creative authorship

Neurodivergent Youth: Comics, Stories & Creative Voice

A space where neurodivergent teens create their own comics, stories and illustrations about what matters to them: social rules, masking, sensory experience, friendship, identity, overload, recovery and asking for support.

Current collection: Trying to Be Cool, Learning to Be Me: AuDHD Comics by Teens Who Know
Lina, character from Liza Stoyanova's comicLina · Liza
Anya, character from Yana Mykytenko's comicAnya · Yana
Noelle, character from Jacquelyn Summers' comicNoelle · Jacquelyn
Dias, protagonist of Dias Aronov's comicDias
Youth-created work

Four voices, four different ways of telling lived experience

Each card links to a separate Google Drive folder for that creator/character with the fuller materials. These remain youth-authored works rather than clinical case studies.

Dias comic protagonist

Dias

Created by Dias Aronov

Understanding experiences after they happen, and using writing to revisit, name and ask for support.

Open Dias's story ↗
Beginning
Group work with teens

Creative work grew from the need for stories that feel recognizable without reducing neurodivergent experience to deficits.

2026
Trying to Be Cool, Learning to Be Me: AuDHD Comics by Teens Who Know

The broader collection now includes teens of different genders. The Stanford 2026 poster remains an official conference artifact under its accepted title, “AuDHD Comics by Girls Who Know.”

Next
Multilingual and international development

Possible next steps include new comics, stories, artwork, language versions and a digital collection. These are development directions, not claims of completed outcomes.

Stanford Neurodiversity Summit 2026

Trying to Be Cool, Learning to Be Me

Official conference title: Trying to Be Cool, Learning to Be Me: AuDHD Comics by Girls Who Know. The ongoing project collection is now presented as AuDHD Comics by Teens Who Know.

The Stanford poster presents part of the youth-created comic work and emphasizes that neurodivergent lived experience does not have one correct form. Featured creators: Liza Stoyanova, Yana Mykytenko, Jacquelyn Summers and Dias Aronov. Facilitator: Fialkora Myndru.

The button opens the final share-view version of the poster in Canva for viewing or download.

Stanford Neurodiversity Summit 2026Trying to Be Cool, Learning to Be Me:
AuDHD Comics by Girls Who Know
LinaAnyaNoelleDias
Fialkora Myndru · Liza Stoyanova · Yana Mykytenko · Jacquelyn Summers · Dias AronovAutism Unity
Authorship & boundaries

Youth voice remains youth voice

1

Created by youth

Plots, characters, creative choices and authorial language belong to their creators.

2

Facilitation

Participation structure, process support, voluntary engagement, consent and organization of the presentation context.

3

Not clinical cases

This page does not diagnose creators or use their stories as material for clinical interpretation.

Collaboration

Interested in the project?

For professional, community or research collaboration, contact the project directly. Participation by new youth creators will open only when consent, safeguarding and moderation processes are clearly defined.

“When representation is missing, young people can create it.”

A central project idea