I like the term neurodivergent because it's not stigmatized. I like the way I think and wouldn't change it. I have special abilities that make me a good computer programmer. I can tell people I am neurodivergent and not feel any embarassment or feel any stigma that comes from telling people I am bipolar.

A very short way of emphasizing that not all autistic people are the same. Any more than all non-autistic people are the same, or all color-blind people are the same, or all German-Americans are the same, or all grandfathers are the same, or whatever. No matter how addicted most people seem to be to idiotically simplistic stereotypes.

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When looking at a particular situation, from a particular PoV - a way to state that there may be a considerable and kinda one-dimensional-ish range in how well various autistic people seem to handle it.

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