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Topic	"Neurodivergent" has been watered down to a worthless term..
ArtiRock 08/03/23 8:43:31 AM #53:	Dark_Arbron posted... Absolutely, thats fair. I just think in this case its better to fight against the misuse of a term rather than accept its lost meaning. Not that you were doing that necessarily, thats just what I was getting at. And I understand what you mean, but it's something that skirts dangerous territories. IE, people will generally roll their eyes if someone says that they have ADHD symptoms because of how rampant it was in the 90s which leads several people that ARE ADHD to be ignored or just shrug it off and become upset when they can't "figure out why they are lazy" or "can't concentrate." --- This is the duty of the Grim Angels. <cite>ArtiRock posted [p:975225891] in "Neurodive... [t:80526650]...</cite> <quote>Dark_Arbron posted... </cite><quote>Absolutely, thats fair. I just think in this case its better to fight against the misuse of a term rather than accept its lost meaning. Not that you were doing that necessarily, thats just what I was getting at.</quote>And I understand what you mean, but it's something that skirts dangerous territories. IE, people will generally roll their eyes if someone says that they have ADHD symptoms because of how rampant it was in the 90s which leads several people that ARE ADHD to be ignored or just shrug it off and become upset when they can't "figure out why they are lazy" or "can't concentrate." --- This is the duty of the Grim Angels.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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