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theexodvs · 7 months

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Given the (warranted) suspicion given towards the disease denialism found in both Christian Science and Scientology, it can be said that if the claims of the neurodiversity movement were attached to organized religion, they too would be constantly lambasted.

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chaoticautie · 9 months

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As someone who is somewhat of a “veteran” of the online ND community, I’m disappointed in the lack of positivity and love for lesser known diverse cognitive conditions, and the opposing abundance of posts about “cures” or outdated criteria or treatments for those conditions. So, without further ado, I want to say hello to anyone with any of the disorders I’m listing, and give them the love and support that hardly anyone else in our community has… Shoutout to:

People with Down syndrome

People with Fragile X

People with William’s syndrome

People with dyslexia

People with dyspraxia

People with dyscalculia

People with dysgraphia

People with Prader-Willi syndrome

People with PANS or PANDAS

People with aphasia

People with a TBI (traumatic brain injury)

People with chronic/early onset mental illnesses

People with cerebral palsy

People with FASD or were otherwise disabled via other substances in utero

And many, many more I may have forgotten to list (but still support and love, I will add more to my list)

You are all beautiful and wonderful, and you all deserve so more love, appreciation, acceptance and support. You are just as neurodiverse as the rest of us, and your voices deserve to be heard and amplified.

I love you all ❤️

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madpunks · 1 year

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shoutout to slow learners. shoutout to people who take a very long time to parse and grasp new concepts. shoutout to people who struggle to follow directions. shoutout to people who can't perform a task just after watching someone else do it. shoutout to everyone who needs learning aids, needs to take notes, needs to try multiple times, and needs to be told the explanation repeatedly.

you're not dumb. you're not lesser. you're not doing it on purpose. everyone learns at their own pace, and people forcing you to learn faster than you can are the ones causing a disruption in your ability to learn. it's not your fault.

#autism #adhd #schizophrenia #ocd #dyslexia #mental illness #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #disabled #disability #schizospec #schizospectrum #developmental disorders #downs syndrome #learning disorders #mad punk #mad pride #madpunk

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starfishinthedistance · 1 year

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This is your daily reminder that "neurodivergent traits" do not exist.

"Neurodivergent" is an extremely broad term that refers to anyone who has some kind of neurological and/or psychiatric condition that causes them to be significantly different from most of society. It's up to the person themselves whether they want to use that label based on their personal experience, but here's a (non-exhaustive) list of conditions that can be neurodivergent:

Autism spectrum disorder

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Dyslexia

Dyscalculia

Dysgraphia

Dyspraxia

Sensory processing disorder

Auditory processing disorder

Visual processing disorder

Various kinds of mutism

Language disorders

Tourette's Syndrome and other tic disorders

Functional neurological disorder

Aphantasia

Prosopagnosia

Synthesia

Conduct disorder

All personality disorders

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Bipolar disorder

Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

Fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Dissociative identity disorder, OSDD-1a and OSDD-1b

Traumatic brain injury

I could go on.

For a "neurodivergent trait" to exist, it would have to apply to all of those, plus more conditions I forgot to include. Obviously not possible. The only actual "neurodivergent trait" would be "you have a neurological/psychiatric condition".

If you mean autistic and ADHD traits, say that. If you mean mood disorder traits, say that. Neurodivergent is such a broad term, you need to use accurate language to ensure you don't accidentally spread misinformation (which has happened multiple times with the term "neueodivergent traits".)

#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodivergency #actually neurodivergent #mental health #mentally ill #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #dyslexia #dyscalculia #tic disorder #personality disorder #ptsd #cptsd #bipolar disorder #schizophrenia

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betweenblackberrybranches · 1 year

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Part two of that short comic i made for @garbagechocolate s really cool truth virus au

Y/N is angry and hurt but understands the situation and is worried for their friend. Also both Sun and Y/N have anxiety

Sun is having a time, thats for sure

#truth virus au #daycare attendant x y/n #daycare attendant x reader #sundrop #my art #look i am bad at writing conflicts because i just usually forgive everything imidiatly so its hard to imagine y/n being angry #i am not fully happy with this but its ok #also please do not read it too carefully my dyslexia punched me in the face while i made this #i love it when i just forget letters in words just because i mostly recognize words by their shape and not by what letters are in there #i guess ill also have to make a part 3 huh

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k41tlyn8487 · 7 months

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This is me right now trying to read Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis for my Drama and Theatre Studies exam

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otherbombdotcom · 8 months

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From the lack of care for community health, to the constant thread of eugenics, and disproportionate effect on people of color and queer people the similarities between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the ongoing covid pandemic are eerie.

#wear a mask #mask up #lgbtq community #lgbtqplus #still coviding #covid isn't over #eugenics #keep masks in healthcare #hiv aids #queer artist #dyslexia #chronic illness

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k9emote · 22 days

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audience test

How many disorders do you match with me

NPD

ASPD

STPD

ADHD

AUTISM

SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER

MAN LOVING MEN (the worst one)

C-DID

C-PTSD

DYSLEXIA

LIKES PICKLES

BIPOLAR / MANIC DEPRESSION

GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

SELECTIVE MUTISM (fluctuates)

HYPER MOBILITY DISORDER

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME

INSOMNIA

HCD (huge cock disorder. contagious so I have to be quarantined)

(all medically recognized. don't come @ me because I'm a fucked up guy) ((huge cock disorder is self diagnosed but you have to believe me))

this was actually a very vulnerable post to make but I want ableists to block me and we should not be ashamed to be disordered

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clock-06 · 6 months

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Had a conversation with an able bodied neurotypical today (a group of people I had forgotten existed) about his schedule and whether or not he has daily pain and was shell shocked by how much this guy gets done and his lack of pain most days. (His only pain is soreness after basketball practice or the gym)

I’m always quick to beat myself up because other students can get all their work done in the same or less time than I get to do it, where I struggle and often fall behind. But that isn’t fair and I wouldn’t say that to other disabled people, so I shouldn’t say it to myself.

I don’t get the proper accommodations, and unmasking has led to less burn out and self destructive behavior, but it’s raised everyone’s expectations of me (everyone=ablebodied neurotypicals in my life). I know the guy I talked to would be actually destroyed by what I live with day to day, which doesn’t make him lucky for not living with it, but makes me strong for even getting close to all of my work done.

Here’s your daily reminder that you are not lazy or failing for being disabled by your disability. It’s not your fault, and there are people who understand what you’re going through and you are not alone. <3

#disabled #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronic fatigue #heds #internalized ableism #autism #dyslexia #adhd #self love #you are strong #you are loved

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hi-i-am-a-sock · 4 months

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this is a gentle reminder that when learning languages, you need to keep in mind the "mother tongue rule". if you're dyslexic, dysgraphic, have speech impediment, social anxiety or something else, if you have problems with reading, writing or talking to people even using your mother tongue, then you can't blame yourself for not being fluent enough or compare yourself to others when having these problems with your target language. everyone is different. this difference is not only about methodology, speed, or ressources. it is also about disability and mental illness. please don't be too hard on yourself.

and if you know someone who has these problems, be patient and understanding. don't insult them or laugh at them.

#langblr #languages #language learning #polyglot #studyblr #disability #mental illness #social anxiety #autism #neurodivergent #dyslexia #dysgraphia

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king-wilhelm · 2 years

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"Why do you always want to headcanon a character as neurodivergent?"

Because y'all won't give us the representation. You'll take all our good qualities and all of our struggles to expand your character profile but you won't actually make them ND. Because God forbid there is a character who casually has autism or adhd or bpd or dyslexia or literally any type of neurodivergency. That absolutely can't happen. Instead, you'll turn the symptoms into "quirky character traits" to make them interesting. All the while treating neurodivergent people like they're incompetent, inconvenient or dangerous.

Like, make it make sense 🙄

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questionmarksys · 3 months

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I am out here having a body despite the three d's: dysmorphia, dysphoria, and dissociation

Other noteable d's: dyslexia, depression, dicks

#we wrote this! wow!#mental illness #DID #dissociative identity disorder #OSDD #did osdd #otherwise specified dissociative disorder #body dysmorphia #dysphoria #trans #transgender #transmeds dni #dissociative system #dissociation #dyslexia #deppresion

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azazellart · 26 days

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Happy Easter everyone :)

head empty, no thoughts, just strawberies.

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zelphafrost · 2 months

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#adhd #autism #add #ocd #dyslexia #anxiety #bipolar #depression #mental illness #neurodivergent #neurodivergent in a neurotypical world #fuck the neurotypical world

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feckcops · 9 months

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Mental health diagnoses are capitalist constructs

“Mental and physical diagnoses aren’t objective facts that exist in nature, even though we usually think of them this way. While the experiences and phenomena that fall under different diagnostic categories are, of course, real, the way that we choose to categorise them is often influenced by systems of power. The difference between ‘health’ and ‘illness’, ‘order’ and ‘disorder’ is shaped by which kinds of bodies and minds are conducive to capitalism and the state. For example, the difference between ‘ordinary distress’ and ‘mental illness’ is often defined by its impact on your ability to work. The recent edition of the DSM, psychiatry’s comprehensive manual of ‘mental disorders’, mentions work almost 400 times – work is the central metric for diagnosis.

“When we look across history, it becomes even more obvious that diagnosis is tied to capitalist metrics of productivity: certain categories of illness have come in and out of existence as the conditions of production have changed. In the 19th century, the physician Samuel A. Cartwright proposed the diagnosis of ‘drapetomania’, which would describe enslaved Black people who fled from plantations. While we might think of drapetomania as a historical outlier among ‘true’ and ‘objective’ diagnoses, it is underpinned by the same logic as other diagnoses: it describes mental or physical attributes that make us less exploitable and profitable. In the 1920s, medical and psychological researchers became interested in a pathology called ‘accident-proneness’, which was applied to workers who were repeatedly injured in the brutal and dangerous factory conditions of the industrial revolution. Dyslexia, a diagnosis I have been given, also didn’t emerge until the market began to shift from manual labour towards jobs that relied on reading and writing, when all children were expected to be literate. Despite having problems with reading, I understand that in a world where reading and writing weren’t so central to our daily life, there would be no need to name my dyslexia, no need to diagnose it.

“As a system of state power, many of us rely on diagnosis to get the material things that we need to survive in the world. When illness or disability interferes with our ability to work, we often need a diagnosis to justify our lack of productivity – and for some, diagnosis is the necessary pathway to getting state benefits. If we want to get access to medication, treatment or other healing practices provided by the state, diagnosis is also the token that we need to get there. This is made all the more complicated by the fact that doctors have the power to dispense and withhold diagnoses, regardless of our personal desires. When it comes to psychiatric diagnosis, most of us know someone who has had to fight or wait for years for a diagnosis that would improve their quality of life – particularly in the realm of autism, ADHD and eating disorders. The internalised racism, sexism, classism or ableism of doctors often gets in the way of our ability to access the diagnoses that we want and need. Then there are those of us that are given diagnoses that we reject, a process that we also have no say in ...

“When we understand that psychiatric diagnoses are constructed, contested, and aren’t grounded in biological measures, the idea of ‘self-diagnosis’ starts to feel less dangerous or controversial. Self-diagnosis is grounded in the idea that, while the institution of medicine may hold useful technologies and expertise, we also hold valuable knowledge about our bodies and minds. I know many people who have found solace and respite in communities for various diagnoses, even if they don’t have an official diagnosis from a doctor. These spaces, which respect the wisdom offered by lived experience, can be valuable forums of knowledge-sharing and solidarity. Self-diagnosis also pushes against an oppressive diagnostic system that is so centred around notions of productivity.”

#anti-psychiatry #psychiatry #psychology #mental health #mental illness #mental disorders #diagnosis #mental healthcare #healthcare #neurodivergence #drapetomania #dyslexia #autism #adhd #benefits #disability #capitalism

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moomatahiko · 2 years

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how the other sees neurodiverse

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