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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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[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disability, mental disorder, retard, etc etc etc

The words used to objectively discuss people who are different seem to always drift towards derogatory uses.

So we shed those labels, come up with new ones… and the cycle continues.

If someone cared to find a citation, I’m sure something exists on google scholar.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

I believe it's known as the lexical treadmill