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Essential Neurodiversity Vocabulary: The Good, The Bad, The Different

Here’s some essential neurodiversity, disability, and equity vocabulary grouped by the good, the bad, and the different.

Good

Neurodiversity
Social Model of Disability
Biopsychosocial Model
Self-Determination Theory
Structural Ideology
Bodily Autonomy
Psychological Safety
Niche Construction
Interdependence
Equity
The Five Neurodivergent Love Languages
💬 Identity First Language: Thinking differently requires speaking differently.
Pluralism
Community
Care

Bad

Ableism
Behaviorism
Eugenics
Double Empathy Problem
Inspiration Exploitation
Fundamental Attribution Error
🔥 Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing
Minority Stress

Different

Autism
Kinetic Cognitive Style
Monotropism
Exposure Anxiety
Situational Mutism
Bipolar
Dyslexia
Stimpunk
Punk
Stimming
Meltdown
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Eye Contact and Neurodiversity
🌈🌈 Neurodiversity and Gender: You Hit So Hard With All the Colors That There Are
What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.

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