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posts about neurodivergence!
neurodivergent is a different term from neurodiversity, the latter being aggressively gatekept and used only for autistic people. neurodivergence is an expansive umbrella term for all of us who deviate from society's expectations and enforcement of a "normal" neurotype! from the creator of the term neurodivergence, sherlocks
I coined neurodivergent before tumblr was even a thing, like a decade or more ago, because people were using ‘neurodiverse’ and ‘neurodiversity’ to just mean autistic, & possibly LDs. But there’s more, like way more, ways a person can have a different yet fucking perfect dammit brain.
Neurodivergent refers to neurologically divergent from typical. That’s ALL.
am multiply neurodivergent: I’m Autistic, epileptic, have PTSD, have cluster headaches, have a chiari malformation.
Neurodivergent just means a brain that diverges.
Autistic people. ADHD people. People with learning disabilities. Epileptic people. People with mental illnesses. People with MS or Parkinsons or apraxia or cerebral palsy or dyspraxia or no specific diagnosis but wonky lateralization or something.
That is all it means. It is not another damn tool of exclusion. It is specifically a tool of inclusion. If you don’t want to be associated with Those People, then YOU are the one who needs another word. Neurodivergent is for all of us.
when i use the word neurodivergence and speak about neurodivergence, this is how i use it. the way the creator intended! for all of us.