Even I Will Slip Up And Forget That ND Is An Umbrella Term For More Than Just Adhd And Autism And Is Rather More Encompassing - Tumblr Posts

sirenium

9 months ago

I feel like it's time for another reminder.

Neurodiverget is NOT a diagnosis. It's an umbrella term encompassing many disorders/conditions.

Neurodivergent is NOT only autism and ADHD.

Neurodivergent does NOT mean that all ND people know what it's like to be autistic or ADHD or even have autism or ADHD experiences.

Neurodivergent also does NOT mean that everyone has ADHD or Autism symptoms/traits.

If you are talking solely about an ADHD or Autism symptom or trait or thing and how other people that DON'T have either of those tend to not understand, it is NOT "NT vs ND". It is ADHD/Autism vs everyone else who doesn't have ADHD/Autism.

People who don't have ADHD, people who don't have Autism, can still be ND and not ever experience what it's like to be autistic or ADHD because they DON'T have those disorders/conditions.

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this is super important!!! even I will slip up and forget that ND is an umbrella term for more than just adhd and autism and is rather more encompassing we as a community could do so much better to include people who are ND for other reasons signed an auDHD individual autism adhd neurodivergent

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