#Neurotypical

by request:Social model absolutists will tweet "no one is fucking broken. It’s our shit 'society' that’s broken around us." But you know what? My body :is: broken. The desire for
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Apparently, there will be a new series on Dutch TV called "The A-Word" (Het A-woord). This is once again the "autism is a burden"-trope and I have some things to
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So I hesitate to do this, and I’ve had a few really bad mental health months, but I’ve been thinking about it awhile and I’m tired of hiding this shit
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*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what
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If you're looking at this and thinking [Citation Needed] on that stat, let me save you a click: the linked article does not cite a source on it, because it
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I recently discovered how important it is for me to show the world what a high-functioning bipolar person can achieve and do. So yes, I am bipolar, I am also
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Truth: High- and low-functioning labels are for Neurotypicals, not Neurodivergents. I've never had a day where I said to myself, "Wow, it's so good to be high-functioning today," or, "My
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Lets be totally blunt, hyperfixation isn’t for neurotypical people. Alright? There are other words you can use, Fixate, Focus on, pay special attention to, etc. Hyperfixate is for NEURODIVERGENT people!
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Reminder to non-autistic people:I literally didn't know what "tone of voice" meant until I was 17 years old. And I didn't truly understand it until I found out I was
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hey here's a thread on why hyperfixations are often times not a good time for people with autism/adhd/ocd, whoever may be impacted, since i so often see non-neurotypical people use
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Every single way that researchers find that autistics differ from non-autistics will be labelled as a 'deficit' or 'disordered', even if that difference is not negative in any way (and
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Have ADHD/Depression? Have a hard time keeping your space clean?I developed this new trick where every time I enter a room, I put 1 thing away. My only expectation is
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i feel like people don't consider ocd neurodivergent. people with ocd ARE neurodivergent hello???? anyways, here is a thread on ocd to educate yourself, from a person with ocd(: !!!
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For anyone planning on watching Sia’s new movie “Music” that’s got Maddie Ziegler - a neurotypical dancer - playing an autistic girl... Don’t. Attached in this thread is a review
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questions thread for neurodivergent / nd people hi hi! what do you have ? are you professionally diagnosed or self-dx ? a mix of both ? when did you
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I respectfully **strongly** disagree. To many of us “Learning disabled” kids w/ lousy grades & crappy teacher recommendations they are our only lifeline. True, we may struggle with them as
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