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I have several disorders which are located inside of the brain (which obviously includes autism, hence me posting here). I dislike calling myself "neurodivergent" for many reasons. For one, people use this term as a replacement word for autism, and I have many conditions besides autism.

For example, I'll see posts saying, "neurodivergent people sre more likely to do XYZ." There are so many disorders which fall under the neurodivergent umbrella that it isn't humanly possible for neurodivergent people to be more likely to say or do something than other folks; just say autistic in this context.

I also find that my personal experience gets watered down by calling myself neurodivergent; it feels like a modern version of being called special. I have several conditions which fall under different categories; psychiatric, neurological, and neurodevelopmental. To call all of that just neurodivergent is not very specific and doesn't tell a person what my needs are (plus, they'll just assume I'm autistic).

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[–] floralmortal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You also used the wrong form of the word "you're." I have a neurological condition that isn't neurodevelopmental, therefore mentioning both neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions in the same sentence makes perfect sense. I thought you would've understood the hint by now, but apparently not.

Again, using the word "insist" the way I did was correct. English isn't your first language, yet you refuse to understand when a native English speaker is informing you of a clear language barrier. Here's an example provided by a dictionary website,

"Why did he insist on showing up when she was alone?"

Another one would be,

"Do you want to go to the store?"

"If you insist."

Or why did you insist on directly insulting me when I hadn't done so to you? The way I used this word is very similar to these examples.

"I know you're so neurodisabled that language doesn't come easily to you." Whoopsie daises, that's extremely ableist of you. You're going for extremely low blows when I'm objectively just criticising the things you've written. First, you call me stupid, and now you're basically politely calling me rtrded. Nice to know how much you actually support disabled people.

Sure, it's a term used in medical journals, but that doesn't make it a diagnostic term. When I say medical, I mean in a diagnostic sense. The point of going to a hospital for most cases is for receiving medical care, which mostly consists of receiving medical diagnoses beforehand. Absolutely zero diagnoses require the usage of the word "neurodivergent" in their symptoms. It's an entirely optional word and I've never heard someone use that word when giving me any of my diagnoses.

Yeah, yeah, coined vs created. You literally coin words by creating a new term based on old prefixes, roots, and suffixes. To say that a word is created is still accurate because you're still creating a term that never previously existed by mashing prefixes, roots, and suffixes together.

This brings me to another point; people sometimes use the word "neurodivergent" as a dogwhistle. It has been sometimes used to indicate that someone is "one of the good ones" and not like those "disabled guys." I've seen people use it in a similar manner to how people use the word "Asperger's."

If you qualify for a diagnosis that is categorised as a disability, you are disabled. Autism and ADHD, are by definition, disabling. People forget that it's possible to be mildly disabled.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

If you qualify for a diagnosis that is categorised as a disability, you are disabled. Autism and ADHD, are by definition, disabling. People forget that it's possible to be mildly disabled.

Just like when you said "neurological and neurodevelopmental are different categories" you're making rhe same mistake again. "Disorder" is not synonymous with "DISABILITY".

That is ableist as fuck not to mention disgustingly wrong

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Sure, it's a term used in medical journals, but that doesn't make it a diagnostic term. When I say medical, I mean in a diagnostic sense. The poin

So when you make a mistake people arr still supposed to mind read around it?

You made a mistake. You are literally unable to Admit to it.

Yeah, yeah, coined vs created. You literally coin words by creating a new term based on old prefixes, roots, and suffixes. To say that a word is created is still accurate because you're still creating a term that never previously existed by mashing prefixes, roots, and suffixes together.

Honestly that's one confusing as fuck explanation that's pure avoidance. Just try uttering "I was wrong" it's really not that hard.

But no, crying to mods because people agreed with me and my comments about how wrong you are.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

You're confusing disorder and disability.

Not to mention using grammar wrong and then getting upset when someone points out how wrong you are.

I did not in any way insist on insulting you. You project that because youre insecure and I pointed out that you're using words wrong and making mistakes which amount to the same thing as "spaghetti and pasta are different categories."