Dr. Anson Service – The Neurodivergent Doctor

Insights on Autism and Neurodiversity

Introducing Dr. Anson Service – The Neurodivergent Doctor

Autism Empowerment is excited to include a dedicated space on our AutismEmpowerment.org website featuring the profound insights and wisdom of Spectrum Life Magazine columnist Dr. Anson L. Service, affectionately known as the Neurodivergent Doctor.

Since early 2021, Dr. Service has captivated readers as a columnist for Spectrum Life Magazine, sharing his unique perspectives on neurodiversity. A few of the popular topics he has written about for us include Autism and ADHD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, Echolalia, Autistic Mate Crimes, Functioning Labels, and Autism Imposter Syndrome.

In the Summer 2024 issue of Spectrum Life Magazine, Dr. Service wrote our cover article, Do Others Even Want to Understand Me: Insights on the Responsibility of Others to Understand Autistic Individuals.

Dr. Service, a licensed mental health counselor at Adventure Psychological Services, brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to the table. Diagnosed as an adult with autism and ADHD, and married to a neurodivergent wife with neurodivergent children, he possesses an exceptional ability to recognize often-overlooked signs and features in others. His insights, drawn from his roles as a parent, clinician, and individual living with neurodivergence, make him a distinctive voice in our neurodiverse community.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Service serves on the Board of Directors for Autism Empowerment and the Editorial Advisory Board for Spectrum Life Magazine. His contributions extend to his website, NeurodivergentDoctor.com, and his YouTube channel, Neurodivergent Doctor, where he offers further education and consulting.

Dr. Service has authored several books and contributed to various magazines, always eager to educate others about autism and neurodiversity. His blend of personal experience and professional expertise makes him an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand and support the neurodivergent community.

Here are links to all of the Neurodivergent Doctor’s columns in Spectrum Life Magazine as well as bonus content from his additional monthly blogs. For magazine articles, if you wish to read the article in blog form, click on the title link. If you wish to read the article in our digital magazine, click on the issue link.

Monthly blog posts:

• Not Everyone Earns Your Truth: Oversharing and Boundaries – How to protect your story and still be authentically you.

Magazine Articles and blog posts:

Spectrum Life Magazine Summer 2024 issue:

• Do Others Even Want to Understand Me?: (Cover Story) Insights on the responsibility for society to understand Autistic people.
• Echolalia: When Nature Calls: Understanding the meaning behind repeated phrases.

Spectrum Life Magazine Winter 2023 issue:

• Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Reframed: A persistent drive for autonomy.

Spectrum Life Magazine Fall 2023 issue:

• Do You Have Interoception Issues?: Understanding the eighth sense.

Spectrum Life Magazine Summer 2023 issue:

• Do You Mask?: Understanding the eighth sense.

Spectrum Life Magazine Fall 2022 issue:

• Should We Stop Using High and Low Functioning Labels?: Focus on individual support needs instead.
• A Day in the Life of Dr. Anson Service: A mental health professional and neurodivergent doctor devoted to family.

Spectrum Life Magazine Summer 2022 issue:

• Autism Imposter Syndrome: Behind the mask, that sinking feeling of faking.

Spectrum Life Magazine Spring 2022 issue:

• Stimming: From evolution to revolution.

Spectrum Life Magazine Winter 2021 issue:

• The World is Disordered: Flipping the script on this neurotypical society.
• Adventure Psychological Services – Service for the Neurodivergent community.