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It can be useful, in that many neurodivergent people suffer from similar reactions from neurotypicals, and a similar lack of understanding and support. But it does nothing for the specific problems of any one type of neurodivergence, no. Consider it more of a catch-all, like how LGBT is also grouped for having similar struggles in society despite the T being quite different from the LGB part.
I've had friends compare the vagueness of neurodivergant to the vagueness of being "queer" (i.e. LGTBQ+)
it's a generic catchall that tells a listener that there's something there without having to share details you might not be comfortable with/ they might not want to get lost in the weeds over.
I figure there's a valid use case for a catchall generic term
Is it really even divergent when such a huge population has something that makes them diverge from the norm? At that point, isn't being abnormal... normal? 🤔
Like, just for an example, if 60% of the population had ADHD, they're the norm, so the neurotypicals would be the weirdos who are different.
Yes, that hypothetical would reverse the script. However, neurotypical people still vastly outnumber neurodivergent people. It can feel like an overwhelming amount of people online are neurodivergent, but in the “real world” we’re still very much a minority.
It's more of a perceived normality rather than a real normality. Even if adhdh and asd people were the majority (they are not), the world is still wired to expect and accomodate neurotipical people
What would be a better word to replace it? Because there's still an option to remake the meme and replace it with the alternative version.