fuchsadler

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Reblog if it's okay to invade your ask box

Always

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Introduction

Hello, I'm fuchsadler (or at least that's what I go by online), I'm AuDHD and Genderfluid. I use any pronouns with a preference for it/its. I love stories and language. I got diagnosed with autism at 14 and started to realise I had ADHD when I was 19, although I do not have a formal ADHD diagnosis.

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Specifically to other disabled people (because everything I could find was either wildly academic or written for caregivers(nothing wrong with that, great for caregivers, it's just that I don't really like viewing myself from a third person standpoint)): How does one know one's own support needs? And I mean simply like low, medium, high. I'm pretty sure I don't have high support needs but I don't know whether mine are low or medium.

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would you rather go bungee jumping or sky diving?

that's a tough one. Neither but I think I'd rather go sky diving

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Reblog if you want a bunch of “have you evers” and “would you rathers” in your ask box right now.

Please

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I'm on holiday and didn't take my ADHD meds with me 'cause I thought I didn't need them here... And now I'm the most hyperactive person in the world... (Mentally AND physically)

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genderfluid

man

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i started watching H2O just add water yesterday and now the theme song is stuck in my head, don't think I'll ever get rid of it again...

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this is your reminder that neurodivergence isn't limited to autism and ADHD.

epilepsy is neurodivergent.

anxiety disorders are neurodivergent.

traumatic brain injuries are neurodivergent.

personality disorders are neurodivergent.

dyscalculia is neurodivergent.

intellectual disabilities are neurodivergent.

PTSD is neurodivergent.

synaesthesia is neurodivergent.

depression is neurodivergent.

OCD is neurodivergent.

dissociative disorders are neurodivergent.

dyslexia is neurodivergent.

face agnosia is neurodivergent.

schizospec is neurodivergent.

dysgraphia is neurodivergent.

dyspraxia is neurodivergent.

neurodivergent simply means a brain that diverges from the norm.

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My Energy Levels are weird right now

Like my energy level is somewhere between "very low" and "very high" but it's not "regular/normal" either, all at the same time.

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"Pride month is over"

WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition

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Hyperfixating on a fictional character

I'm having a hyperfixation on Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild from "The New Worst Witch", and... like I love her but a hyperfixation, brain, really?

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Diverse vs. divergent

This is something I see people tripping up on sometimes, in a gender context and also in a neurotype context, so since the Gender Census research is primarily language-focused I thought posting it here might be quite on-topic.

"Diverse" is an adjective that describes a group as containing variation within it. Something that is diverse has [the inherent quality of] "diversity" (noun). It cannot describe an individual.

"Divergent" is an adjective that describes someone or something within a larger group as being different from the "norm". Something or someone that is divergent has [the behavioural quality of] "divergence" (noun).

So:

A person cannot be diverse, but they can be divergent.

A group of people/things that are diverse can contain very common examples as well as very uncommon examples relative to that whole group.

An individual person can e.g. have diverse interests, and in that situation the group that is diverse is the interests, not the person. Some of those diverse interests may be common, and some may be divergent.

A group of people can be diverse, and they can also be divergent as a subgroup of a larger group.

This applies to words/terms that end in "-diverse" and "-divergent".

So, for neurotype contexts:

A normal population is neurodiverse, and contains within it neurodivergent individuals and neurotypical individuals.

An individual person cannot be neurodiverse. They would be described as neurodivergent.

"The neurodiverse community" could refer to the entire human race, which would include both common and uncommon neurotypes, including all neurotypical people.

"The neurodivergent community" is correct, and refers to the subgroup of individuals whose neurotypes are less common and differ significantly from "the norm".

The neurodivergent community is itself diverse, and even neurodiverse, containing its own more and less common neurotypes relative to the neurodivergent subgroup as a whole.

And for gender contexts:

A normal population is gender-diverse, and contains within it gender-divergent individuals and cisgender and binary individuals.

An individual person cannot be "gender-diverse". They would be described as gender-divergent. (Or perhaps this is where people would usually say "gender non-conforming"?)

"The gender-diverse community" could refer to the entire human race, which would include both common and uncommon genders, including all cisgender and binary people.

"The gender-divergent community" is grammatically correct, and refers to the subgroup of individuals whose genders (or lack thereof) are less common and differ significantly from the more common human experiences of gender.

The gender-divergent community is itself diverse, and even gender-diverse, containing its own more and less common genders (or lack thereof) relative to the gender-divergent subgroup as a whole.

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reblog if you’re one of them queers 💪💪💪

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reminder:

gender itself is not a choice. how you describe it is. a maverique, a nonbinary person, an aporagender person, a pera, an aliagender person and an ilyagender person could all have the same experience but identify with different terms for different reasons.

i never chose to have a gender that is fully disconnected from the binary and not neutral, i just do. what i did choose was what to call it and where to look for community.

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The 2024 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 11th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th June 2024.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Malachite and rhodochrosite.