Let's talk about neuronormativity and ableism in queer/tgd communities

Neuronormativity and ableism in queer and tgd communities can manifest in things like:

Making noisy and/or bright in-person social events critical for connecting with others.

Downplaying or invalidating people's boundaries as e.g. being ‘silly’ or ‘sex-negative’, instead of respecting them.

Endorsing and perpetuating false assumptions and stereotypes about autism and adhd.

Treating kink dynamics as inherently ‘optional’, rather than being the most appropriate relationship structure for some people.

Assuming that all ‘real’ disabilities are immediately visible, and that someone other than the affected person can decide what is and isn't a disability for them.

Ignoring, marginalising or criticising those who don't perform queerness / transness / genderqueerness in the ‘right’ way (e.g. saying they're ‘fake’ or ‘cosplaying queerness’).

Thinking of all neurodivergence as an ‘illness’ or a ‘problem’ simply resulting from moral failings / capitalism / trauma / etc., and in need of ‘fixing’ or ‘solving’, rather than at least part it being a reflection of human diversity. Sound familiar?

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