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@Foon Sorry I didn’t mean that *you* were gatekeeping, Foon! I’m sorry if it came across like that.
I meant that I think that people who have a strong opinion that TBI is not part of neurodivergence are gatekeeping.
It’s a difficult question to answer because most people (in my experience) don’t know what’s meant by neurodivergence. Or not in the offline world, anyway.
@dpnash
Very true. And definitely something late realised autistic people are often not aware of.
But I meant to ask a different question, which is why people in the first group (realising they’re autistic vs having been diagnosed by someone else ) sometimes have such different experiences.
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