#seeing as i do now have adhd nd am currently questioning autism

[vampyrluver]

i had the opposite issue of ppl parents being told their kid might have smth goin on (Adhd, autism, dyslexia etc) but hte parent never telling the kid until later in life, bc i was put in special ed classes in elemtary school nd no one told my parents until i mentioned to them i was in special ed classes after in like highschool nd they were like "what"

#.txt #as far as i kno #the only thing they said i had was dyslexia #tho there couldve been other reasons i was also in tht class #seeing as i do now have adhd nd am currently questioning autism #so maybe they saw tht nd was like yeahhhh this kid needs extra help #i was also in weekly group counceling for kids of divorced parents #my parents were never divorced #my parents also didnt find out abt this until like i menrioned it last year #elemtary school was very misguided #also my parent thought the school was racist #i was the only black kid until 5th grade #in my grade #in the whole school there were like 5 black students out of like 600 students #fun times

[sunflowersbloominthewinter]

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A reply on tumblr dark mode from packxofxrats. It tags this blog, then says “what’s wrong with the term ND?”

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@pack-of-rats Great question!

TL;DR, the term is actually fine, but its usage is often problematic because it is possible to be both neurodivergent and neurotypical.

Longer explanation under the cut.

There’s a lot of different facets to this conversation, but let’s address the definition of neurodivergent first: neurodivergent means any person whose brain structure or neural processes diverge from the norm.

By nature, this includes almost everything that is currently considered a mental health disorder by the APA and the DSM5 (with certain exceptions, such as gender dysphoria).

Neurodivergent was coined by Kassiane Asasumasu in the early ots. But let’s go back even further. In the 90s, autistic sociologist Judy Singer created the term neurodiverse, which is a concept that states that there are certain variations of neurotype and brain structure that are different from the dominant ones, but are also fine and don’t necessarily need to be treated or cured.

Later on in the 90s, another autistic activist named Jim Sinclair created the term neurotypical, which means “not having autism or an autistic-like brain” (including ‘cousin disorders’ like ADHD, Tourette’s, or Down’s).

That’s when Kassiane came along with neurodivergent. I don’t necessarily think she had any ill intent, but I do find it interesting the way that neurodivergence inherently — and, it seems, almost intentionally — widens the definition of neurodiversity.

Which is problematic, because the core feature of neurodiversity is that it’s anti-cure. We don’t need a cure for autism because it’s a normal variation of neurotype: the vast majority of barriers that autistic people face are there because of society’s rigidity and refusal to accommodate us, NOT because there’s anything that is inherently wrong with us that needs to be “fixed”. And the things that ARE “issues” (for lack of a better word) can be treated individually, and symptoms that are upsetting or distressing can be managed.

But if you try to apply that logic to mental illness, you’ll get laughed out of town. No one in the world would tell you that major depression or PTSD don’t need treatment, because they do. They are inherently distressing in and of themselves.

Now, I’ll admit it’s a little extreme to say “no one should use this word EVER” and I apologize. I’ve seen a number of bad takes over the last few days that were sort of simmering inside of me and I didn’t express that culmination of annoyance well.

At the same time, I find it frustrating that many people present neurodivergent as the opposition to neurotypical when in fact many people who identify as neurodivergent for say, a personality disorder or DID are, in fact, neurotypical: by nature of not having “an autistic-like brain”.

I prefer “neuroatypical” to describe neurotypical people with mental illnesses, because it doesn’t shorten to ND, which I do think is the root of the confusion between neurodiverse and neurodivergent.

However, I am aware that I don’t know everything, and if anyone has other perspectives or resources they want to share with me, I would love to see them! I’m always open to learning and willing to change my opinions if presented with sufficient evidence.

#autism #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #merc’s voice

[wank127]

sorry in advance if i’m spamming your notifications /gen!

i just remembered that denki existed and i’m craving [neurodivergent] headcanons and your blog kinda has a lot of good reblogs n posts of that so-

you’re not spamming at all, in fact i didn’t even see this till now since i don’t normally get any asks ! (thanks for the ask btw <3) i hope you enjoy !!

neurodivergent denki headcannons !

disclaimer: i, myself, am currently in the process of getting diagnosed with adhd/autism/whatever it is (i’m not self diagnosing but i did get 8/10 on an autism assessment given to me by a doctor so that must say something) so this is a wee bit of me projecting. my intentions for this post are not to offend anyone in the nd community nor spread any miss information. please correct me if i make any mistakes ! and apologies for it being so long i’m still trying to figure out the ‘read more’ thing !! now ! onto the head cannons !!

he has MAJOR sensory issues and issues with bad textures

his main ones are foods that are a mix between solid or liquid, like a soup that’s meant to be smooth but isn’t or like very wet bread, anything sticky and that one inside of a hoodie feel, like the one wear it’s like fleece but it feels like plastic and somehow creamy and just BLUGNXJSK y’know?

he has that not right kind of thing(iykyk) where he has to say a word/phrase again till it feels right, or touch the desk again, or hit the back of foot again to make it right

it gets really frustrating sometimes

he surprisingly likes velvet, fun to play with, cool to drag your finger around on

he has very bad memory problems

like really bad

they cause him to breakdown every time he has a test cause everything he tried to study was just,, gone,, no where to be found

he opens up to present mic about it and he’s a big help, gives him extra time for testing, helps him with study techniques, gives him more reminders, etc etc

mic and him are like that student-english teacher duo

(no bc they’re the same person just different sizes please)

he struggles with reading a lot too, he knows there’s words but his brain just won’t recognize what they are

word soup

his main special interests/hyperfixations are old english literature, true crime/psychology/criminal stuff, literally anything to do with art and physics(electricity stuff)

he has other ones like cars and how to annoy bakugo to the brink of tears

his most common stims are happy flappy hands, putting his hand into a thumbs up and squeezing, rocking back and forth and swinging his legs about

his like calm down stim is humming, having some form of pressure(weighted blanket !!) and rocking a little bit

he gets overwhelmed by questions a lot

like if he’s not prepared to answer one and he gets asked TWO he’ll just go ‘nope’

he’s nonverbal sometimes, especially when he gets overwhelmed

he zones out and daydreams for like,,, 70% of the day

his favorite texture for food is something like mash potatoes, like a doughy texture, one that just sits right in the mouth

(potato waffles are his go to food (british thing but they’re so good))

just enough chew but not too much, not too wet not too dry

speaking of dry food,, he hates it. dry biscuits(cookies) are a no go if he doesn’t have a bunch of water/juice with him, he also just doesn’t like hot drinks

he’s god fuckinh amazing at art, like painting, drawing, sketching, everything

he’s so good at it

he ‘doodles’ in all of his school work and books, most of the time it’s of aizawa or present mic (or,, *cough*his crush*cough*) and they’re super accurate

when he goes to sleep he has to have a small tea light candle lit, his over the ear headphones on and playing asmr and a hoodie (comfort hoodie, gifted to him by kiri) with the hood up and pressure on his feet(like just his blanket covering them is fine)

no other set up is allowed

he uses fidget (simple dimple pop) and sensory toys

they got taken away from him in class one time, he almost cried it was so sad

RAGE

so much rage

god

when he was younger he used to scream bloody murder when he had to put on sunscreen (same boo)

refused to wear it until his parents got him a spray on sunscreen (it was just like an oil/water based sunscreen that just,, wasn’t sticky, it was perfect) he still uses it to this day

he loves music, so much

it’s so cool

so many playlists

has like ten different ones that he made just for long car drives

like all the sounds and noises just make his brain so happy

he likes bo burnham cause he has very good lyrics and sounds that make him wanna share them with everyone so they can be happy too (especially ‘sexting’ , ‘oh bo’,’ words words words’, ’rant’, the kanye one, ‘we think we know you’, ‘channel 5 news: the musical’ and ‘bezos’ 1&2)

(omg channel 5 news is so good)

his number is 5

he’s kinda scared to do good in school bc his rank in class will go up and what if it lands on an ugly number??

he’s quite unintentionally restrictive with his food

he just forgets to eat or that he’s hungry

he’s working on it tho dw !

his accents are like typical british/english, australian and southern american

pop out at random times

like he’ll ask present mic to repeat the page number as a southern bell little lady

had a vocal stim that was opra singing “milly rock pick it up”

lil jon vocal stim

(YEAH)

his room is very messy and cluttered from all the failed hobbies and things he just forgot about

expect him to cook but DO NOT expect him to clean up afterwards

like iida will walk into the dorm kitchen in the morning and find this huge mess thinking someone broke in

and kiri is like: oh ig denki was hungry i wonder if he has leftovers

okay i think i’m gonna end this one here lol it’s getting kinda long ! i hope you liked it ! <3

#denki my beloved #bnha #mha #denki kaminari #kaminari denki #chargebolt #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #kaminari #denki #adhd denki #adhd kaminari #denki hcs #kaminari hcs #bnha head cannons #mha headcanons #kaminari headcanons #denki headcanons #boku no hero academia headcannons #my hero academia headcanons #shinkami #serokami #kirikami #kamijirou #bakukami

[99thpercentile]

4/29/18 - 5/5/18

autism log

filter?? I don’t know her

being able to FEEL that I’m not currently coordinated enough to do a simple series of motions (stand up put down hoodie put down bag don’t drop anything). plan out how I’m gonna do them, go slow and concentrate rly hard while doing them, manage to put the things down without dropping them but also knock my glasses off in the process

this is related to being watched while I move and so is possibly an anxiety thing? am so much clumsier when I feel watched

autistic friend sits on back of bench bc is uncomfortable normal way me: “oo, that’s a good idea.” [copies]

u interfered with my script and I’m failing to improvise so now this interaction is coming off way ruder than I intended

like the concept of tank tops but whenever I wear them I’m uncomfortable as shit because bare underarms with no cloth between is a bad feel

unconsciously make a rule that the questions for the quiz my partner and I are writing need to cycle through the 4 categories in turn. when she starts adding several questions from the same category in one block, must change. would’ve been unbearable to leave it.

indenting needs to be consistent even though the professor doesn’t care about it

indenting needs to be consistent even for the lines I’m gonna dELETE LATER

communicate in meme format bc how else are you gonna say things? without using scripts?

this is tedious and my adhd brain is Displeased but if I let someone else do it they’re gonna do it Wrong, so. I gotta

want comforting hum of desktop computer on in the background even if I’m not planning on using it for anything specific

adhd log

I should study for the upcoming quiz during my break

on the way to class after break

ah shit

20 minutes late for class because I got caught up trying to find the perfect outfit and could not break focus until I had

forget twice that I’d gotten my phone out to text my dad before I successfully text him

record nd things under the wrong fckin category and only see later

have argument, have huge rsd reaction

lose focus on what friend is saying during conversation again

hyperfocus on coding project. project partner arrives, cannot break focus for pleasantries until I get thing to work

that very thing I mentioned to avoid in my advice for teaching adhd students, where all the parts requiring brainwork are done but I still need to invest time to complete the assignment. motivation killed

#nd logs #original