Deviant OllamJan 10, 2023

As someone who sees all of the individual blocks and takes great satisfaction in clicking each individual block into place, this diagram is pretty great... and is one more tool in the toolkit of helping me understand how some of my other friends' fascinating brains work differently than mine.

(It's not enough just to have neurodiverse friends; it's important to keep their perspectives and such on your mind)

Show threads00neršŸŒˆJan 10, 2023

@deviantollam Coming from the other side, it's helpful for me to see how more neurotypical brains work. I swear the adhdmemes subreddit has informed me more about my brain than anything else in my life.

It's also opened my eyes to the fact that all the help and accommodations offered to me in my youth to help cope with my adhd were misguided because they came from neurotypical people approaching the problem from the perspective of how their brains operated. #adhd

Show threadā°FisherTX14
@jeffers00n @deviantollam
#adhd
Even top ADHD experts and coaches view the world from the nuerotypical perspective. Why is it assumed that nuerotypical is best for human evolution? It seems a growing subset of neurodiverse people could guide us into the future better than a bunch of people who think alike.
#adhdSuperHumans
Jan 11, 2023 at 8:48amWeb
Show threads00neršŸŒˆJan 11, 2023
@FisherTX14 @deviantollam Personally, I do not feel that my ADHD has given me superhuman abilities and I would greatly prefer the executive function that comes with a more neurotypical brain. I don't find that sitting on the couch for an hour trying to convince myself to get in the shower is a productive use of my time.
Show threadā°FisherTX14Jan 11, 2023
@jeffers00n @deviantollam
I have to be in structured environment to function and procrastinate on most every action. All of the nomenclature is negative. And we judge all of our actions as deficient because it doesn't align with nuerotypical with that choice being the only acceptable behavior. Even if the behavior doesn't negatively affect ourselves or others,, nuerotypical is still the only correct behavior.