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
Welcome again.....and perhaps you could cut and paste your other post for context in here too.
I'll leave you alone now - I'm feeling like a right frigging busybody = not how I want nor intend to project myself.
In terms of the point you raise, I'm afraid that my feelings are aligned with the wise words of Plastic on this type of matter - ie we must be VERY careful just how many "special interest" groups we try to define and then offer legal protections and safeguards to for fear of such mechanisms becoming meaningless by their universality. I'm not sure how one would set about defining "neuro diversity" for the purpose you want it for. Just my opinion.
