I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety at 15 and never really realised my triggers until I was pushed to an extreme to get an institution to make accommodations for me. It completely distorted my sense of self because I never thought of myself as disabled ... The environment I was in ( mostly social environment where extreme bullying was occurring ) was the problem. So I believe that by understanding Neurodiversity as protected characteristic we are deeply looking at ones relationship to their environment. I have some autistic traits but never thought of myself as autistic or neurodivergent just neurodiverse like the rest of the human beings on this planet who given certain maladaptive environments and social behaviours can develop depression and anxiety and PTSD.
So I hope to start a conversation and happy to hear feedback and different views on the topic
I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety at 15 and never really realised my triggers until I was pushed to an extreme to get an institution to make accommodations for me. It completely distorted my sense of self because I never thought of myself as disabled ... The environment I was in ( mostly social environment where extreme bullying was occurring ) was the problem. So I believe that by understanding Neurodiversity as protected characteristic we are deeply looking at ones relationship to their environment. I have some autistic traits but never thought of myself as autistic or neurodivergent just neurodiverse like the rest of the human beings on this planet who given certain maladaptive environments and social behaviours can develop depression and anxiety and PTSD.
So I hope to start a conversation and happy to hear feedback and different views on the topic
