#neurotypicalism

[dyslexic-dyspraxic]

I gotta to say I hate the whole "[disability] is my superpower" because no it's not

It's such forced positivity and it's so easy to challenge

Because no, in a world where reading is so expected and necessary that nobody even thinks of it as a basic life skill anymore, you just expect it, dyslexia is not my superpowers

In a world, which is set up for the neurotypicals and doesn't account for other modes of learning, other ways of paying attention, ADHD is not my superpower

In a world, where arithmetic is considered basi, dyscalculia is not giving me special abilities

And in no way does having a disability that makes coordination difficult give me superpowers

Sure, it may not be the end of the world to have these disabilities and I maybe able to cope with them, learn to live with them, and accept them as part of my life

Sure I can feel genuinely neutral and frequently unbothered by them, when given accommodations and support

But in no way are they a superpower

Describing them as such, feels ableist, it feels like you are expecting me to not only be able to overcome them but somehow be even better because of them

And that's just not happening

I am allowed to be frustrated and annoyed when my life is made more difficult by them AND not hate being disabled

They aren't my superpower AND they aren't worth hating myself for

Because they don't make my life unbearable, they don't my life not worth living

They just make my experience of the world different, they just mean that I require support and accommodations and that's okay

I am happy to live my life accomodating for my disabilities

So don't ask me to see them as superpower, because they're not, but they're also not a drain on my resources the way eugenicists want them to be

#adhd #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #dyslexia #dyspraxia #dyscalculia #discussions of ableism #tw ableism #ableist nonsense #ableist bullshit #ableism #tw neurotypicalism #neurotypicalism #neurotypical bull

[politics-not-my-thing]

The Tiktok trend of making skits where being nice to the weird kids saved you from a school shooting was fucked up on so many levels

It trivialised and made into a joke school shootings, it took this horrifying instance and turned it into something to laugh at and it was disgusting

Second, it said that all weird kids were the problem, not these specific mass murders, not these horrendous excuses for human beings who wished death on their fellow classmates, but all weird kids, because being nice to a weird kid once could save you from being murdered

It ignored that most kids who are bullied, labelled as weird and socially ostracized, don't wish death on their fellows, let alone intend to kill them, you have made us hate ourselves far more than we could ever hate you, and you have the audacity to act like we're dangerous

You don't get to do that

You don't get to demonise an entire category of already incredibly marginalised people

You don't get to blame us for the actions of mass murders

And you don't get to say that you can protect yourself from mass shootings by being nice to the weird kids

We deserve compassion but not because you painted us as mass murderers

You don't get to shift the focus away from the genuinely violent, the actual threats to society, the ones who wish violence on others, and get a power trip from taking lives

On to the random weird kid who just wants to live, without being demonised, without being bullied, without being made to feel like everyone would be happier when they're gone, that the world would be a better place without us

Nobody deserves to feel like that

And you don't get to conflate the abuse of weird kids with the issue of school shootings

We are not your scapegoats

#tw school shooting #scapegoat #ableism #neurotypicalism #discrimination #classism #antisemitism #racism #colourism #just all types of discrimination #because anyone who is different in anyway could be torn apart for it

[natjennie]

we really fucking popped off with words for being up to no good. scam. fraud. swindle. nefarious. dastardly. ne'er-do-well. diabolical. scheme. rogue. knave. there are real classics.

#^ a neurotypical thing to say

[blanketforcas]

i think what saves me from a lot of discourse is that i'm simply Not Reading All That

#sometimes that means i miss really good posts unfortunately #until every now & then i get an extra neurotypical braincell for like 10 min and i read a good post #jk i'm still in denial about possibly having adhd

[queerasflux]

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.

#I'm fine #just had a sort of blegh night with some people I'm playing dnd with #not a big deal but man the way I interact with neurodivergent people vs neurotypical people is like speaking two languages #except I'm only fluent in one of them and keep accidentally insulting people in the other #I'm just trying to make friends irl #flux's bullshuit #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #audhd #audhd things #audhd problems

[inkskinned]

fucking hate it when the stuff everybody says "actually works" does actually work.

hate exercising and realizing i've let go of a lot of anxiety and anger because i've overturned my fight-or-flight response.

hate eating right and eating enough and eating 3 times a day and realizing i'm less anxious and i have more energy

hate journaling in my stupid notebook with my stupid bic ballpoint and realizing that i've actually started healing about something once i'm able to externalize it

hate forgiving myself hate complimenting myself more often hate treating myself with kindness hate taking a gratitude inventory hate having patience hate talking to myself gently

hate turning my little face up to the sun and taking deep breaths and looking at nature and grounding myself and realizing that i feel less burdened and more hopeful, more actually-here, that i am able to see the good sides of myself more clearly, that i am able to see not only how far i have to grow - but also how much growth i have already done & how much of my life i truly fill with light and laughter and love

horrible horrible horrible. hate it but i'm gonna do it tho

[tumbler-polls]

Let's check if Tumblr truly is a predominantly neurodivergent website.

Reblog for a bigger sample size + follow if you'd like to participate in more surveys :)

#tumblr users #tumblr polls #autism poll #adhd poll #neurodivergent #neurotypical #actually autistic #actually adhd #tumbler polls

[starplatinumnun]

can you infodump to me? (i love you) is this overwhelming? (i love you) is this the right texture? (i love you) is it ok to touch you? (i love you) do you want the subtitles on? (i love you) do you want to go somewhere less noisy? (i love you)

#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #this is about what love feels like to me as an autistic person with neurotypical family and friends #you are more than welcome to add your own experiences! #red instead #autism acceptance #neurodivergent #my writing

[chroniccoolness]

I am against cyberbulling I am against cyberbullying I am against cyberbullying I am against cyberbullying I am

#I hate neurotypical people.

[dyslexic-dyspraxic]

I think one of the things people overlook is not meeting expectations as someone with dyslexia and dyscalculia, because I have seen posts on ADHD but none on Dyslexia or Dyscalculia

More than anything, I was made to feel like a failure because of my dyslexia and dyscalculia

I was constantly told I was smart and evaluated as if I was neurotypical intelligent

But I would always struggle, I would always fail to live up to expectations because the thing about neurotypical intelligence is you are expected to be good at everything academic, maybe you excel at one thing, but you aren't really bad at anything, struggling with language or maths is never even considered for neurotypical intelligence

And there I was struggling to read, coming out as dyslexic and being hit with "but you're so smart" with varying levels of derision and confusion

Struggling with basic maths as people praised my intelligence and dismissed my grade as nothing impressive because it was what they expected of me, because they didn't see the anxiety I had over adding numbers together, they didn't see how my difficulty with numbers was covered up by my intelligence, I could do logic, I could do complicated problem solving, I couldn't tell you what 13% of 500 was without feeling anxious and freezing

People looked at my grades and they only saw someone smart, they didn't see how I struggled, they didn't see how I tried to meet expectations and fell short, because reading is exhausting and numbers make me anxious, they would dismiss my struggle because "you still did well, it's still a good grade" and it was, but it wasn't good enough

I was being compared to the neurotypical with the same predicted grades as me, the neurotypical who did better in all their exams than me, and I never met that expectation

They judged me as neurotypical and found me lacking as neurodivergent

#severly dyslexia #dyslexia #dyslexic #actually dyscalculic #dyscalculia #tw neurotypicalism #neurotypical bull #neurotypicalism #neurodivergence #neurotypical #neurodivergent #learning disabilities #disbaility #learning disability #disability #disabilities #disabled #discussions of ableism #tw ableism #ableist nonsense #ableist bullshit #ableism

[appleshmapples]

Things neurotypical people do that confuse me.

They’ll say “it’s time to go” so I go outside and stand by the car… I wait….. no one else comes outside.

I go back inside and see that they are still talking to someone, haven’t put their shoes on, decide it’s time to cook a four course meal, etc.

Like… you said it was time to go…. Why are we not going????

#actuallyautistic #autism #things neurotypical people do that confuse me

[laikabu]

#maybe when this scene drops people will finally realize kabru is NOT a Neurotypical dude #kabru #laios touden #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi gif #my edit #delicious in dungeon

[genderimpala]

anyone else stay home for a while and be like "hmmmm been acting fine lately. maybe i'm not autistic." and then you have one (1) social interaction and you're like ah. the Autism strikes again.

#just me or #any of y'all get it #autism #actually autistic #autistic #audhd #adhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #nd #neurotypicals #autism experiences #me when i #autism tm #late diagnosed autistic #late diagnosed adhd #late diagnosed everything tbh #nd experiences #masking #sensory issues #spd

[necrofleshgoat]

Able bodied neurotypicals forcing the "summer is fun" idea on everyone makes me really uncomfortable for some reason. I can't stand warmth and will literally cry in frustration when I feel greasy and sweaty and have the need to shower every few hours. Being outside without sunglasses becomes nearly impossible bc I'll literally be blinded and overwhelmed within a few minutes. The constant "you should go outside more, the weather is so nice" comments.

No. No it's not. And I hate how they don't give a shit about the comfort of disabled people in summer.

#actually autistic #actually disabled #disabled #autism #cripplepunk #invisible disability #disability #neurotypicals

[dandylion-s]

I just started watching the x files and like you're introduced to Mulder as this "spooky" weird, off putting dude and Scully is a rational scientist medical doctor then 5 episodes in you find out he's just autistic but she's catholically deranged

#i love them #just funky weirdos and their special interest files in their basement #they just want to investigate their silly ufos #and the government keeps telling them to be neurotypical #the x files #dana scully #fox mulder

[visciously-face-fckd-by-a-cactus]

ok. imma do this again because im so sick of this neurotypical label-centric world we live in and the inability that people have to understand individuality, masking, and nuance in presentation of disorders.

edit: this is not meant to exclude all the various neurodivergence diagnoses other than just adhd and autism- this poll was created first and foremost because i was curious about those two in particular, but also because there's not that many button options for the poll itself and if i added more than those variables the permutations would skyrocket

#science side of tumblr #adhd #audhd #autism #actually audhd #actually neurodiverse #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodiverse stuff #actually adhd #adult diagnosed #late diagnosed autistic #late diagnosed adhd #neurotypical #ablism #queer pride #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #pride #lgbt pride #trans pride #trans #ftm #poll #polls #tumblr polls #sample #not a real sample