neurodiverse
What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
Rules
1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
4.) Interest Policing will not be tolerated in any form. Support your comrades in their joy!
Further rules to be added/ rules to be changed based on community input
RULES NOTE: For this community more than most we understand that the clarity and understandability of these rules is very important for allowing folks to feel comfortable, to that end please don't be afraid to be outspoken about amendments and addendums to these rules, as well as any we may have missed
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It is frustrating. How about the words, "many people". It doesn't mean "most people" or even "the majority of of people". "Many" isn't a reference to a percentage of people at all. 10 people can be "many" or 1 billion people. How many times I have typed, "many Americans" or "many men" or something like that and gotten back "you can't make a blanket statement like that it's not ALL of them" is so goddamn consistent. Some would argue this is a communication issue and I firmly disagree because I think the majority of people underwstand this but it's always a small subset who don't. This is a literacy problem. At some point the goddamn reader needs to have some basic literacy skills and understand what the words mean and how they work with each other.
It's always in defense of privileged groups when they reply like that too, lol. I feel that sometimes people deliberately misread statements like that so they can air out their NOTALLMEN shit too.
Well, it's always the group they belong to, whether privileged or not. They'll do it on noncontroversial statements, too, and ones that aren't even negative. Which gives up the game that it's not something being done defensively. It is truly a literacy issue.