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Julia Métraux @metraux_julia ·

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Here is a spreadsheet of mental health professionals who are offering pro bono services to folks who survived Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.

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Emily Paige Ballou @epballou ·

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"Neurotypical" at one time meant specifically "not autistic." But "neurodivergent" never meant only autistic. Or only autism & ADHD. Or only structural neurological difference or developmental disability but not mental illness.

This is history I was there for.

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Emily Paige Ballou @epballou ·

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...that though they were not autistic, they *also* were not neurotypical, whether that was because they had ADHD, OCD, schizophrenia, depression, dyslexia, TBI, etc. etc. etc.

Thus, "neurodivergent." Which covers EVERYONE who is not NT, but is also not necessarily autistic.

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Emily Paige Ballou @epballou ·

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Folks, okay...

"Neurodivergent" was not originally coined to just mean autistic. It was specifically not.

When "neurotypical" emerged as a tongue-in-cheek term for non-autistic people, there were non-autistic people who objected, rightly...

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