I’ve seen people do this before and I don’t value my sanity I guess, so…
the hot new trend is "guard posting"
extremely unsexy of adhd to make me both very annoying and very sensitive to the concept of being perceived as annoying
not so friendly reminder that saying autism/adhd “isn’t a disorder” is just another way of saying “differently abled.”
i recently saw a post on instagram by a high support needs autistic and i completely agree but i wanted to add this on.
i’ve recently seen people say adhd “isn’t a disorder, just a different way of being” and i have no idea how these so called advocates don’t recognize that the language they’re using is literally just another way of saying “differently abled,” which is ableist.
“but anpa, the word disorder is ableist!” no. no it’s not.
the bottom definition is what i’d like to focus on. “an illness OR condition that disrupts normal physical and/or mental functions.”
now, i don’t know about you, but executive dysfunction, sensory overload, etc. definitely disrupt mental functions, and in general, most, if not all, people disabled with conditions that affect these skills say that they do not enjoy nor appreciate these disruptions. i have yet to meet an autistic who enjoys sensory overload/overstimulation (not the same as preferring more stimulation), meltdowns/shutdowns, and executive dysfunction. i think we can all agree that this are pervasive disruptions to our daily lives. therefore, since autism is the root cause, autism would be classified as a disorder.
“but disorder implies that we’re broken.” where in the definition does it say that? you are talking about the biases of society and doctors. referring to the construction of the word (disorder, disorganized - dis meaning not, therefore disorder is “not orderly”), this isn’t problematic as “orderly” in this sense is referring to someone that we would call neurotypical, who does not struggle with disruptions in mental functions. therefore, “disorder” is literally “neurodivergent” in a different font. they literally are synonyms.
“but if neurodivergent and disorder are synonyms, and disorder and disease are synonyms, are you saying autism is a disease?” absolutely not. synonyms are things that are like each other, but not the same. neurodivergent isn’t the same as disorder because disorder includes physical conditions while neurodivergent does not. the word disease doesn’t actually have a solid definition (as in there is no consensus on what classifies something as being a disease), but this is the first definition:
note the example they used helps aid in why disorder and disease are not the same. you would not call bacterial meningitis a disorder, and you would not call autism a disease. see what i mean?
disorder is an inherently neutral term used to describe certain conditions such as ASD, ADHD, OCD, etc. i do not care if you don’t want to refer to your own condition as a disorder and instead prefer to use another term due to the socially created stigma around the usage of the term, but saying that certain disorders are in fact, not disorders, is pseudoscientific rhetoric and spreads misinformation. it’s literally “differently abled/handicapped/diffabled” in a politically correct coat. i find it extremely similar to saying that ADHD isn’t real, as most people who believe disorder is a bad term often say things like “ADHD is just another way of being,” which is dismissive of the problems that many high support needs/severe adhders (and autistics, etc) face.
In progress short animation for ruin, tried to rotoscope it at first but didn't like how it looked so we're doing this the old fashioned way
shaking, crying, etc bc i'm in las vegas but my friends don't want to get in a saw trap with me
THEY SAID WE COULD YIPPEEEEE
I have mixed thoughts on sex work. I love sex, but I hate work!
“Yeah, we hate seeing you work too!”
how does this post keep getting better
I was googling Lopunny the other day to check something on Bulbapedia and got the funniest “people also ask” result possible
Pokemon Heritage Post
