It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
4.) Interest Policing will not be tolerated in any form. Support your comrades in their joy!
Further rules to be added/ rules to be changed based on community input
RULES NOTE: For this community more than most we understand that the clarity and understandability of these rules is very important for allowing folks to feel comfortable, to that end please don't be afraid to be outspoken about amendments and addendums to these rules, as well as any we may have missed
Figured would toss these on here as I'm both lazy and a disaster, but here you go (these are ancient history fwiw, when I was 9). Shouldn't have any triggering/sad shit (didn't screenshot, basically) but may as well share 9 year old me's glorious basedness:
Damn
was the early 2000s for me, but yeah, was assessments.
That you're here shows how messed they all were though. They were missing up on some peak basedness or potential and maybe inclination for it
Sis, you got no idea how messed up it was. How good you were at masking was the defining characteristic that determined if you were gonna be in the "gifted kids group" or the "r-worded kids class".
Autism was barely even recognized as a legitimate diagnosis at the time, and it was largely limited to, "Haha, like Rain Man! Very funny!" levels of understanding. Which track you landed in was largely vibes-based, and I'm forever grateful I was adept enough at scripting my responses at the time to make me seem normal.
Also, us Big Smart Boys got a break every day to go read in the library, where I learned how to install a pirated version of SimCity on the cataloguing computer. That was neat.
Damn, didn't know it was- that recent of a thing? Autism recognition in schools that is.
Hell if I know where I'd wind up (though it probably would have been the latter). I scored rather decently for the ""intelligence assessment,"" but then I was a little terror (and still remain a terror, albeit a healthier and better one). I believe the assessments began because I was- in hindsight, probably stimming- and some other kid tried to busybody/stop me, ~~and I wound up in a pencil/pen stabbing fight~~
I think the 1987 revision of the DSM was the first time autism was recognized as its own distinct thing—outside of just being a subset of schizophrenia. And even then it was mostly a differentiation between, "Do you ~~have schizophrenia~~ do weird things and cannot communicate them effectively, or are you Rain Man Super Genius Savant Boy?"
Note that I don't include the word "girl" or "woman" in any of my descriptions of the time. Females are just moody, apparently!
Ah, rip