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If number of undiagnosed neurodivergent people proves to be significant portion, neurotypical means just people who won the standards war of communication protocol (lemmy.ca)

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We never know the number of undiagnosed, many may be just capable of pretending but suffering.

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[-] TheHotze@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

A lot of neurodivergent traits seem to be sliders rather than buttons, where it's only neurodivergent if the slider isn't in the middle. I sometimes wonder how many people actually have all their sliders in the middle.

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