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Be yourself and be true to who you are. Don't let neurotypical conditioning define your identity.
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this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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Just because something is a disability doesn't mean you can't call it neurodivergent. It's just a broader term that means that you're different.
ADHD isn't a disability for everyone. Plenty of people function fine with it.
If you function fine, it’s literally not ADHD. “Disorder starts at impairment”
Disorder ~= disability, maybe "function" wasn't the right word on it's own. Function enough that it's not a disability, but still a disorder.
You give too much credit to psychiatric ideas. Someone can be different from the norm in ways that constitute neurodivergence and be oppressed because of them without being disabled necessarily. Lots of people are only considered disabled because society wasn't designed for them.