Schizophrenic.NYC and founder Michelle Hammer are featured in the Psychology Today Article:
Why So Many Neurodivergent People Own a Business
The article explores why many neurodivergent individuals start their own businesses. It highlights how self-employment allows them greater control over their environment, bypassing traditional hiring biases and rigid workplace structures. Many successful neurodivergent entrepreneurs thrive because of their unique perspectives, creativity, resilience, and pattern recognition skills. The piece also emphasizes that if workplaces were more accommodating, more neurodivergent minds could flourish within them.
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Like myself, many neurodivergent people and individuals with psychiatric disabilities have blossomed through self-employment or starting a business.
Artist and founder of Schizophrenic.NYC, Michelle Hammer, shares her story of living with schizophrenia through her self-made business a mental health clothing line with designs of her creation. Her leggings add color and awareness to the world.
Thank you so much Psychology Today and the writer of this article:
Jennifer Gerlach, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in Southern Illinois who specializes in psychosis, mood disorders, and young adult mental health.