Is gender dysphoria neurodiverse?
- Amanda Riddell
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- Apr 28
- 1 min read
Actually, yes, and autism doesn't have a consistent brain profile. Autism diagnoses symptoms of socialisation, but there's no neuroscience to support it. Bipolar, schizophrenia, ADHD ... these all have different brain profiles. - When I hear people say autism, my mind goes to 'form of social control.' It's not a disease. It's like being gay: people invented a pathology out of thin conclusions. People that are neurodiverse have always existed, but now it's like a laundry list of sins.
One of my favourite bits regarding this is in Upstream Colour. During the romantic first date scene, they each dump their pathologies on each other. That's how it feels for my generation.