PSA Stop self diagnosing your Disability it's actually kind of offensive.
I was asked today about something that I had put some thought into and I am now going to go into my thoughts a lot more, due to the fact that it’s something that really annoys me when I hear it. Its calling someone Neurotypical and forcing langue on them. I am all for softer langue but to put it into context this person was self diagnosed and had not sought out a diagnosis and this seems to be playing into tropes and this is the danger of self diagnosis due to the fact that some people will start to treat the “ symptoms” but make it much worse due to the fact that people need a proper diagnosis be able to move forward and for some folks with neurodivergent brains that have a “proper diagnosis” often mask this is when a person who is ADHD or Autistic will hide their personality or stims, but if you get to know the person we will see that they will start to unmask. So this would be wearing headphones due to noise overload, or sensory issues wearing the same thing.