i do not believe these words should be abandoned!
my intent is to point out and critique society’s weaponization of words, not the words themselves.
also! this is a descriptive post, not perscriptive
what that means is just that i want ppl to be aware that this pattern has happened in the past and of course the forces behind those happenings haven’t just disappeared. i think pride in being ND and the fact that “neurodiverse” is a word that is created by its own community are powerful reasons to doubt that the word will have the same fate. perhaps i would call this a “call to awareness” post rather than a call to action.
(making this disclaimer because a couple people are violently adamant that i am just trying to make an argument saying all these words are the same and predicting the future, which, sorry you got that impression it’s not true. but now you know!)
If I'm not mistaken, all those other terms were imposed on people not really self described.
I think neurodivergent will survive because people can proud to be neurodivergent. It's closer to an identity than a prescriptive label.
I for one am proud to be neurodivergent.
💪💪i share your hope. having pride in your identity is a powerful thing. ❤️