I like this approach. “funny meme” aside, I think it is a good way of showing how much a certain language can affect how other people think and feel about a subject. Just read it THAT way and “being neurotypical” suddenly sounds like a disorder that isn’t fully compatible with the public, doesn’t it?

We live in a world that isn’t exactly kind to people on the spectrum. It is loud, flashy, hectic, overwhelming, unrewarding but you’re still expected to work like a cog in a machine, despite having fewer and fewer places where you’d actually “fit in” without grinding gears, and whenever there is some sort of public talk about that topic, it always, always sounds like the affected person is the problem and personally responsible for fixing themselves, when a no small part of “not fitting in” is due to society itself. Maybe a change in language is due to remove that stigma.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    12
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    You’re misreprenting what I’m saying.

    • “Neurodivergent” = “not neurotypical”

    • “Neurotypical” = “not neurodivergent”

    They are antonyms. Note that I didn’t say “a neurodivergent person cannot exhibit neurotypical traits” because that isn’t true.

    • Lizardking27@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      23
      arrow-down
      15
      ·
      1 year ago

      I understand what you’re saying perfectly well. What you’re saying is absolutely incorrect.

      Neurodivergent =/= not neurotypical

      Neurotypical =/= not neurodivergent

      Each is defined by their own set of criteria and neither term is simply the antithesis of the other.