This Is Neuropsych Ableism

A blog centered around spreading awareness of the discrimination faced by those with neurological or psychological disabilities. Please also check out our blog @this-is-physi-sensory-ableism!

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Important posts!

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If you want to read more about paraphilic disorders, I suggest checking out the posts linked here [link]! If you can't see it due to the account being marked mature, then see a compilation of the posts here [link]!

Infants can develop PTSD [link] What kinds of posts trigger moral & checking OCD (and psychosis)? [link] OCD vs Psychosis (and comorbidity) [link] Typical Fear vs Anxiety vs Paranoia [link] What are the types of disorganized speech in schizospecs? [link] Typical Forgetfulness vs Memory Loss/Amnesia [link] What is identity incongruence? [link] About BIID: Sometimes amputation is the solution. [link] Autism vs sensory processing disorder - not the same thing [link] Empathy vs Sympathy vs Kindness vs Compassion [link]* The debilitating nature of non-24 sleep wake disorder [link] Sexsomnia: Accidents vs SA by negligence [link] Hyposexual sexual desire disorder vs asexuality, and weaponized diagnosis [link]

Since thisisparamisia has unfortunately been marked as mature by Tumblr, we have screenshotted (with alt text) the breakdown of empathy, sympathy, compassion, and kindness here.

Who owns this blog?

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Hi hi! Our names are Star (she/her), Marco (he/she), and Tom (he/him) We are three members of @dhddmods system!

When we write a post, we will be signing off based on which of us wrote it. If a post is signed off as "-Stomco", it means it was written by all three of us.

Please check out our other blog for physical, physical-related, and sensory disabilities, @this-is-physi-sensory-ableism!

You may have seen our headmate, Kris, floating around. They own the @this-is-varsexism-transphobia, @this-is-amato-heteronormativity, @this-is-anti-masculinity, @androqueer-struggles, @this-is-deformimisia, and @thisisparamisia accounts! Go check them out!

You may have also seen our headmates Arwen, Ally, Gwen, and Wendy over on the @inclusive-youth-liberation account! Check them out, too!

Other important activism blogs can be found here! [link.]

Who is this blog for?

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This blog is for anyone with neurological or psychological disabilities to submit their experiences with ableism.

Some examples of what this blog includes:

-Neurodevelopmental disabilities -Learning disabilities -Cognitive disorders -Neurodegenerative disorders -Brain damage -Seizures -Movement disorders -Neurological/psychological sleep disorders -Eating/feeding disorders -Addictive & dependence disorders -Behavioral disorders -Personality disorders -Mood disorders -Anxiety disorders -Psychotic disorders -Somatoform disorders -Plurality -Dissociative disorders -Trauma & stressor disorders -Identity incongruence -Paraphilic disorders -Neuropsychological sexual dysfunction -Neuropsychological perinatal disorders -Neuropsychological headache disorders

And more!

Am I welcome here?

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This blog is safe for people of any religious and spiritual practices, so long as said practices aren't used to excuse bigoted behavior.

This blog is safe for people of all races and ethnic backgrounds.

This blog is safe for people of any weight or body type, and does not tolerate body shaming.

This blog is safe for people with physical/sensory disabilities and neurodivergence of any kind (including cluster b personality disorders, behavioral disorders, paraphilic disorders, addictive/dependent disorders, etc.)

This blog is safe for non-disordered systems/plurals, non-dissociative systems/plurals, and endogenic systems/plurals.

This blog is safe for alterhumans.

This blog is obviously safe for "contradictory" labels (ie; transfems AFAB, transmascs AMAB, lesboys, turigirls, etc.) Being against these identities is deeply exorsexist, intersexist, and pluralphobic at its core.

This blog is safe for sex workers.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

Being told Iʻm worthless and a burden (among other awful insults) by "my" parents* because I have a non-24 hour sleep schedule that I canʻt control

*I am afamilial and do not consider them to be my parents but for the sake of clarity theyʻre called that here

This is neuropsych ableism and parental abuse. You are not a useless or a burden for being disabled.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

Dont know if this counts directly but me not being able to sleep likely comes from my mental uh illness?

"See, you can also sleep without your meds!"

No.

No father.

No me being able to fall asleep again after waking up in the morning does not mean I suddenly dont need medicine anymore.

Im still tired in the morning, ofcourse I can fall back asleep myself.

This is neuropsych ableism. Sleep disorders are not that simple - falling back asleep is not the same as falling asleep initially.

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Forcing autistic children to sit at the table untill they eat what’s they were given. I sat at the table for 5+ hours as a kid and ate nothing until my parents caved and let me up. Eventually they stopped doing that because they realized it gave me panic attacks after the fact and never worked.

It’s not ‘legally child abuse’ but if you have the time and recourses to give them something that at least makes sure they don’t go hungry (not even necessarily a meal if you can’t make it, just *something*) it absolutely is in my book.

This is neuropsych ableism and child abuse.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

I have autism and ARFID as a result. As a child, I was undiagnosed in both of these, but everyone I knew was aware that if there was something even just a little off or something I didn’t like, I would go hungry until I was given something I was okay with. My pediatrician had told my mother to not feed me until I’d eat what she had given me, rather than try and work with my diet.

This is neuropsych ableism and child abuse. This is an absolutely disgusting way to treat a child, and I am horrified by your pediatrician promoting such things. I need medical professionals to stop being ableist about eating disorders right now, it's so dangerous.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

The fact you have to call to do some things has to be a form of ableism.

I have to call my bank to change my name on my account, however I have a lisp that makes it hard to pronounce R, and my chosen name and the last name I want to keep (I legally have two last names are both are listed on my account) both have Rs (probably wasn't the best choice of name, I got a charm of my chosen name because of this but of course I can't show it over the phone).

This HAS to be a nightmare for people who have issues talking over the phone if they have to do something important. Anxiety, selective mutism, audio processing disorders, verbal apraxia, ect ect ECT.

Being able to do things over chat/text has GOT to be normalized.

This is ableism of all kinds. Whether a person cannot hear due to deafness or auditory processing disorder and/or cannot speak due to social anxiety, mutism, speech disorders, movement disorders, neurocognitive disability, etc, they deserve to be accommodated.

Texting absolutely needs to be a normalized form of communication when it comes to setting up appointments, getting assistance, contacting representatives, etc, etc, etc.

People who cannot verbally speak or hear deserve to be taken seriously and receive help.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

Yes, this, absolutely. Dear God, there is nothing worse than going through the AI voice lines. Especially when they lead you in circles.

And idk about other countries, but in the USA, they also can't recognize "non-American" accents, leaving tons of BIPOC and immigrants unable to easily access it (if at all.),

All around, it excludes speech disabled people, immigrants, and BIPOC, which is blatant linguisicism.

[transhumanisticpanspermia]

you'd think for running a blog dedicated to posting about ableism, that you'd have talked to a Deaf person sometime in the past decade, and not written this post like you've never heard of videophones, call captioning, and TTY/IP relay.

the state of institutional support for these technologies is mediocre, but like. if you're gonna be spouting off like you're an expert on What The World Needs, it would help if you knew what people are actually using right now, and what the practical challenges are (e.g. people hanging up on TTY callers assuming they're robots) instead of just assuming there's nothing available and complaining.

honestly it kind of comes across like you think you're too good to bother dealing with those "clunky" assistive technologies that have existed for decades.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

I know that those things exist. I was never trying to claim they don't. I specifically said it needs to be a *normalized* form of communication, not that it doesn't exist. A lot of companies do not allow for these technologies (even in countries where they are legally required to), and there are countries where the technologies are not implemented at all.

I don't see how I at all came across as acting "too good" for those technologies, because never once did I bash them.

And also, nowhere have I ever claimed to be an "expert on what the world needs." It feels like you're coming into this with a bad faith reading on my intentions, for reasons unknown to me.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

I hope it's okay to ask: When can you call something typical forgetfulness and when can you call something amnesia?

Typical forgetfulness only happens on occasion, and is usually about either small random things (like where you placed your keys, or what you ate for breakfast), things that were not particularly important to you, or things that happened many years ago.

Meanwhile, memory loss is frequently recurring, takes memories of things you find important, takes up significant portions of your life, or a mix of the three.

Memory loss can refer to short term and long term memories. Meanwhile, amnesia is a subset of memory loss that affects primarily long-term memories.

Amnesia can also be confusing, because sometimes the brain will create pseudomemories to take place of what was forgotten, meaning you recall events that never truly happened. It may also cause you to remember things out of order.

Here are some articles on different types of amnesia:

Comparing Memory Loss and Amnesia [link] ADHD and Memory Loss [link] ADHD can trip up memory [link] Dissociative Amnesia (Cleveland Clinic) [link] Amnesia (Cleveland Clinic) [link] Amnesia (WebMD) [link] Amnesia vs Dementia [link]

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

as a kid, whenever my pediatrician brought up getting me assessed for autism, my mom would just say "no" and that I just have "autism-like traits"

on a completely unrelated note (sarcasm), I'm diagnosed with level 2 autism

This is neuropsych ableism and parental neglect.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

“autism is not a disability, it’s just an excuse”

somebody actually said that to me once

This is neuropsych ableism. The audacity is astounding.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

being scolded for having anxiety attacks and people making snide comments about them. I have an anxiety disorder

This is neuropsych ableism.

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neurophych ableism is my pediatrician telling my mom I couldn’t have autism because I “Wasn’t violent,” despite all the questionnaires that got sent to the teachers coming back saying I was “highly likely” to have autism. Immediately diagnosing me with adhd, and prescribing stimulants on the spot. (My mom thankfully never gave them to me because she knew that doctor was wrong)

[pt: neurophych ableism is my pediatrician telling my mom I couldn’t have autism because I “Wasn’t violent,” despite all the questionnaires that got sent to the teachers coming back saying I was “highly likely” to have autism. Immediately diagnosing me with adhd, and prescribing stimulants on the spot. (My mom thankfully never gave them to me because she knew that doctor was wrong) \end pt]

This is neuropsych ableism.

Autism doesn't make someone inherently violent. Some autistic people lash out when overstimulated or have aggressive stims, but that's not how things are for all (or even a majority) of autistic people. It's medical neglect to ignore your signs of autism on basis of stereotyping the entire spectrum as one specific form.

[this-is-multigenderphobia]

hi, sorry for cluttering your askbox.. I just wanted to share some info about Chat Control...

Because it's dangerous for the whole European Union, but it can be especially dangerous for minorities in the EU.

The EU wants to scan all of our messages (including these that are supposed to be E2E). Almost all countries support CC 2.0, 3 are against CC 2.0 but for CC 1.0 (which allows scanning DMs on Instagram, Discord, Xbox, emails on Gmail etc.) and only Italy is against all CC.

I'm scared for queers, disabled folks and racial & ethnic minorities in the EU. If the EU passes CC, governments will have easy access to all our messages. And governments will have an easier way to find out which accounts are owned by folks who are queer, disabled, POC or a part of ethnic minority. :(

more on CC: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

I'm sorry if I'm cluttering the inbox but I'm scared and sad because I don't really see people talking about it.

Hey, no need to be sorry, I had no other asks and I always welcome people to use the inbox if they need.

I had no idea this was a thing, that's incredibly upsetting. We know that letting governments do automated scans is sure to target innocent content and that this doesnt help children be safe. Removing privacy for everyone and making way for mass surveillance is not gonna help anyone, that's fucking dangerous. I cant even imagine the impact this will have on minorities already targeted with "dangerous predators" rethoric, even aside from the fact that this allows for surveillance of all texts. My immediate reaction is also that queer kids and trans kids will be less able to get help when they're targeted and that any kid who is being abused wont be able to talk about it. Public platforms cant even ensure the safety of users on public posts which are already monitored.

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

Im surprised Italy is the only one against, both because there should be more pushback and also because I didnt think *italy* out of everyone would've been the one to say no.

Anyway, thank you for letting me know and giving me a way to learn more about it.

[angry-enban]

the fact that you didn't know about it makes me even more worried. Most people in the EU probably aren't aware of that, even though the initial proposal was in the *2022*.

I don't follow the media much besides what I see on Tumblr, but when I search up online anything about chat control, the only articles are from the month ago and same with posts on Facebook. This is so depressing.

[this-is-multigenderphobia]

Yeah, Id never heard of it before, it's wild to think about because it really feels like it should be more of a discussion. Ill try to bring up the subject with people I know

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

some people saying either "autism isnt a disability so stop being lazy" or "sensory issues are not an exuse you sill have to do this some day by yourself" when i am genuinely unable to do something because of any sensory issues i have

This is neuropsych and sensory ableism.

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Neuropsych ableism is being told “just go to bed on time, you’re an adult” after offhandedly mentioning I had insomnia

This is neuropsych ableism.

Literally not how sleep disorders work. I'm so sick of people saying this shit!

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

This might be neuropsych ableism (not sure)?

People expecting me to remember things when I have dissociative amnesia, including even my therapist. Like, no, I won't remember it if you keep asking or I'll think about it really hard, you can force me to try as much as you want but I just don't know and can't help it at the moment.

This is neuropsych ableism. There is a difference between trying to help someone in therapy potentially regain memories vs expecting them to just remember it if you think hard enough.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

Neuropsych Ableism of trying to figure out if this is geniune executive dysfunction or I just geniunely don't want to do it.

I don't really think that's neuropsych ableism, moreso just internal confusion. Maybe related to internalized neuropsych ableism in some way, but it's unclear.

[thelunastusco]

Hi, an “endogenic” refresher course, right here!

1. We introduced the term “endogenic” into the community August 2014, along with some other terms! It was in response to exclusionists (wrongly) complaining about “systems without DID” using “their words”. It was an attempt at creating nonmedicalized terms that any plural system could use. 

2. It was also a way to do away with terms that had fallen into disfavor— specifically “natural systems”, a term that had been in use possibly as early as 1994. It was disliked because people felt it implied that trauma-caused systems were unnatural. “Endogenic” fixed that. 

3. The word “endogenic” was lovingly created to help systems put their experience into words. All it means is “a system not formed by trauma”; it doesn’t imply any other cause, set of beliefs, or experiences. It doesn’t imply the system is nondisordered or doesn’t have trauma. It doesn’t mean any other system’s origins in trauma or dx status is “invalid” or whatever.

4. Though the terms were eventually posted to tumblr, the idea didn’t start there. Tumblr was created in 2007; the concept of systems not caused by trauma has, again, been online since the 90s. Nor was the term created by singlets! We’re a trauma-caused system with DID. 

5. “Endogenic” wasn’t created as an insult or to exclude anyone. We have loved ones who are endogenic. Many of the terms in use now were created by endogenics. They have helped preserve plural history, and defended the community. They are good people, and real systems. The hate they get is completely senseless.

Thanks for coming to our talk. Please stop insulting endogenic systems, and educate yourselves instead, thanks. (Unless it’s just pure malice at this point in which case, fuck off I guess.)

https://endogenichub.weebly.com/ is a decent site to learn more.