Ever since I learned about the recuperation of /r/antiwork, I thought about diagnoses.

Diagnoses, in the U.S, are hard to get; so (online) neurodiversity communities allow undiagnosed neurodivergent people.

What would be the criteria for someone to be neurodiverse though? There has to be some criteria, otherwise you would let everyone in, which would nullify the original goals of a neurodiverse space.

  • Diagnoses are one criteria; but they often cost money, and they contain sensitive information.

The lack of gatekeeping could mean that NTs can participate in the community more than neurodiverse people. The NT users could then bully out the original neurodivergent user base and misappropriate the space.