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About this forum (Neurodivergence)

JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,612 Part of The Furniture
edited January 5 in Neurodivergence
Welcome to Neurodivergence!

This is a space to discuss anything about neurodivergence. This isn't just a space for neurodivergent (ND) people - neurotypical (NT) people can post here too! (e.g. to learn more or for help supporting friends)

ND conditions are separate from illnesses, because people who have them are not unwell, they're just 'wired differently'. Currently, the most well known ND conditions are autism and ADHD, but definitions can also include dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, and more.

Why did we make this forum?

As mentioned above, ND doesn't fit neatly into any existing category. We know that ND conditions aren't illnessnes in the same way that anxiety and depression are, so Health & Wellbeing doesn't quite work. Given this, we felt a Neurodivergent category made the most sense.

As always with new forums, we'll continue to tweak this and listen to your feedback while we roll it out. Feel free to share your thoughts on this new category here or via DM to @TheMix!
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Comments

  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 4,869 The Mix Elder
    Thank u for creating the forum this is so handy for me now!.
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 66 Boards Initiate
    I think this is a great forum to have for the neurodivergent community as research as shown many of these individuals feel most comfortable communicating online/using technology so I can imagine it will be a very helpful and useful forum!!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 79 Budding Regular
    I love this forum<33 thank you all
  • NeonBlueThunder1NeonBlueThunder1 Posts: 275 The Mix Regular
    This is awesome, thank you The Mix for creating a space for neurodiversity on the site. :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 34 Boards Initiate
    this is awsome
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 34 Boards Initiate
    *awesome
  • Ems222Ems222 Posts: 6 Confirmed not a robot
    This is amazing I know as a person with a ND disorder it could be really beneficial.
  • Lucy_21Lucy_21 Posts: 209 Trailblazer
    Hey I’m not sure if it counts as ND but I do have processing problems. It’s hard at times because I upset people without meaning to because I miss communicate a lot and bring 21 now it gets to me more because I feel like I should be able to sort it by now and people say I use it to get out of trouble when I upset them but I don’t
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