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neurotypical mental health advocates sometimes get me kinda annoyed when they try to explain neurodiversity.
i just saw a post on instagram advocating about ADHD.
except it wasn& #39;t.
i just saw a post on instagram advocating about ADHD.
except it wasn& #39;t.
it just listed a bunch of ways that people with ADHD inconvenience neurotypicals - trouble with organisation, interrupting, being late, not listening etc etc..
very rarely do neurotypicals try to explain/understand what it& #39;s like to actually have it.
very rarely do neurotypicals try to explain/understand what it& #39;s like to actually have it.
it& #39;s great that people are trying to help but i just wish that instead of copying and pasting the first article they find, they& #39;d consume and share content of actual neurodivergents who are already trying to get neurotypicals to understand.
as much as i love ADHD twitter, it often feels like we& #39;re preaching to the choir. most of my TL has ADHD and most of my followers have ADHD - we already have understanding and acceptance here, but do we elsewhere?
we need neurotypicals with big platforms to help but we need them to help in a way that& #39;s actually productive, not just sharing outdated and unhelpful symptom lists they found on webMD
i know their intentions are good, but at the moment it feels patronising and misguided to see people with massive platforms ignore the work we& #39;re already doing and continue to share resources the actual neurodivergent community have said aren& #39;t helpful.
if you are neurotypical and have a platform you use to raise awareness for mental health: please engage with existing neurodigervent advocates. talk to us, share our work - you have the voice and the ability to get people to listen. we often don& #39;t.
