Who hijacked the neurodiversity definition and why?

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So, ummm, wait... Are you saying that "neurodiversity" and "neurodivergent" are two different things?

Also, it sounds like y'all'r saying this, whatever his names is, is a piker: is that correct? Could it be that he's merely trying to make money, preying on people's ignorance, like Dr. Phil.

Anyway, that's what I'm reading from these posts: please correct/educate me if I'm wrong in my interpretation.

Sincerely,

Confused in California

Who hijacked it?
I'd guess it'll probably be supremists, seperatists, and loud accusers.


Also context -- I don't came from a country of similar attitudes and interpretations.

I also don't came from a place where neurodiversity exists like the west do nor it's reason it exists.
Along with it's conveniences and expectations and histories.



I don't define neurodiversity for what it is -- other than it is a form of diversity.

But I can definitely define what neurodiversity is not -- that includes the accusation of denying the disability.

And neurodiversity isn't simply about being in some room, singing kumbaya.
Whatever it is, it does not tolerate dehumanization, exploiting any labels through any involved parties, and abuse -- many of which are normalized and an attempt to normalize another.

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I don't think the definition of Nerodiversity has been hacked at all.

Language isn't hijacked.

It shifts in definition.

Because of users. Native speakers of English when it comes to English.

It isn't a science. It's not really an art until it's wielded by a poet or particularly adept literary fiction writer. It's just a social phenomenon. We use it to get by and communicate. Some autistic people, like myself, are hyperlexic so saying 'you can't use words if you're autistic' is quite offensive to us, actually.

Normal HFA people don't have this sickness & hatred & misanthropy towards the social. Sure, we're not extroverts, but not everyone has to be.

Misanthropy against others, desire to manipulate, strong belief in stuff that autistic people tend to find hard (body language and facial expression) & magical thinking/lack of rational thought suggests something else going on.
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When it comes to aspie rights for HFA people such as myself, I don't see a sickness. When it comes to mental illness, I see something which needs to be cured. Especially when it involves harm to the self or others.

I think I take this to mean that Dr Walker's page is just an opinion piece where he tries to convince people how to think about neurodiversity, and what terms to use. He uses his proposed authority as a professor to try to make it sound scientific. The problem just is that he has rather poor knowledge of the neurodiversity movement and he doesn't know a lot about non-diagnosed autism and the broader autism phenotype. He has not published any significant scientific work in the field, rather is campaigning online and in books where he proposedly gets invited based on his own campaigning.

Actually, based on mainstream outlets like Wikipedia and dictionaries, there is no support for the idea that we should use the term neurodivergent, that individuals cannot be neurodiverse or that PTSD or epilepsy is part of neurodiversity. Actually, I don't think there is any accepted practice in the neurodiversity community on what neurodiversity is and what terms to use. Something I will remember the next time somebody complains about how I use the terms.

Getting back to the question posed by the title of this thread Neurodiversity and to a somewhat lesser extent Autism itself are relatively new concepts. They are still in the formation stage. Concepts in these stages usually change rapidly as things are discovered.

Hasnt shifted. hasnt been hijacked. The term means the same darn thing it always meant.

Autistics, aspies, adhd folks, dyslexics, and the like are all "neurodivergent people". Their/our conditions are all examples of "neurodiversity".

Not much to it .