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Adding to this so we can make it relatable for more neurodivergents:
Lack of/little empathy doesn't imply lack of sympathy.
Delusions aren't just strong beliefs.
Psychosis is more dangerous for those who experience it than to the ones around them.
Compulsions aren't just habits.
Hallucinations aren't exclusively auditory or visual.
Maladaptive daydreaming is an important coping mechanism.
Slow learners aren't dumb.
Intrusive thoughts don't make anyone a bad person.
"Narcissitic abuse" and "borderline abuse" are unnecessary, stereotype-spreading terms.
Meltdowns aren't tantrums.
Burnout isn't procrastination.
Stims aren't pointless.
Shutdowns aren't just lack of attention.
Verbal shutdowns aren't a "silence treatment".
Hyperfixations aren't useless.
Special interests are more than obsessions.
Phobias aren't regular fears.
Panic attacks aren't controllable.
Self-harm isn't a trend.
Growing up is realizing that, as a neurodivergent or disabled person, you'll always have to assume certain actions as mistakes, even if they were caused by your condition(s).
Whether you have some control over it or not, it doesn't really matter most times. If you try to justify it, people will tell you you use your condition(s) as an excuse for everything.
They want you to adapt yourself to their world and often they don't realize they're being ableistic.
But they are.
We constantly have to change ourselves, because the world won't change for us, while they get a chance to be themselves out there.
It isn't fair, but it's the way of the world, I suppose.
It was made by neurotypicals, for neurotypicals.
By able-bodied, for able-bodied.