Neurodivergence
A community to unite neurodivergent people.
A common problem for neurodivergent people is being bullied and ostracized, not only by neurotypical people but also their fellow neurodiverse humans.
Sentences like "I'm glad I only have ADHD, not autism" or vice versa is very detrimental to our collective benefit. Therefore we believe that we should abolish any oppressive/stigmatizing language against other neurodivergent people.
Disclaimer: This is a nonviolent community and we don't want anyone dumping on other people, period. Be it neurotypicals/allistics, etc. We accept the occasional joke (like "allism, a common disease") to highlight the absurdity of pathologizing neurodivergence.
Our rules are vague because bad actors will circumvent clear cut rules just barely and grind the edge.
The rules
- No abusive language
- Stay on topic (no politics or religion)
- No slurs (including the R word)
- No isms (including but not limited to: Ageism, Racism, Apologism etc)
- No Advertising for profit (ND resources are ok if non profit)
Further rules will follow when deemed necessary.
If you have any questions, write me a message at https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/u/haui_lemmy
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My brain is hyperspatial -- I literally sort all of my memories spatially. It means when I return to a location (or look at photos or just think of a location), I get a memory cascade. Useful when trying to recall some things, navigate, work with spatial tools, visualize higher order datasets, etc. When studying math (some at the grad school level), it means things like spatial transformations (like the Reimann sphere) are wholly intuitive.
It comes with the tradeoff that I have almost no temporal recall. I cannot remember the order in which events occurred -- simple examples might be the order in which a conversation proceeded. I'll remember all the details of the conversation, but it's jumbled together. I feel like I'm one of the aliens in the movie Arrival, trying to have a conversation with someone linear. Conversely, this lack of temporal awareness drives some people around me nuts and I apologize all the time.