I only heard of it threefour years ago

                                        A gal I know was dating a guy who admitted upfront they met on a dating site first date tha he was on the spectrum

Wha the fucks tha I asked   You know. The spectrum.   I don know   Autism.   Heard of it couldnt define it   Autism spectrum disorder.   Tells me nothing   A developmental disorder involving impairments in social interactions, communications, challenges with sensory processing, repetitive behaviors.   Tics   You could say that.

Arent we all on the spectrum

You could say that.

Tics  Believe Ill say tha

                          If I think otherwise I think of colour scales grades gradients blackestwhite whitestblack Ill think visible light spectrum electromagnetic spectrum

How autistic of me huh

she laughed

                But now of course that’s changed. Neurodiversity. Neurodivergent.  she chuckled

                                                                                                        Now ADHD . .

. . I don know whatha means

Please.

Pleasewha  Im not yanking your chain

ADHA is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. You’ve heard of that.

Tha Yah

          They drug the shit out of kids for it It aint really better living through chemistry  Far cry

A really far cry

Its the times

EVERYONE

               Stop an smell the fuckin roses

Who has time for that?

Make time

            Don chew a tablet swallow a pill pack a suppository Although on second thought third option aint shabby

I’m not your straight man.

No youre not  I interrupted you attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADHA . .

. . Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder  I despise acronyms  Tic  Forward   Were on the same page

In addition there’s autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia . .

. . Ive no idea whatha is

You live under a rock?

If I did I coudnt smell the roses

Childhood development disorder . .

. . Where everyone begins

   Yes.   It’s clumsiness in otherwise healthy kids.

Clods

Clods?

Oaf lug hulk   palooka Clods

                                 Thaswha we called them Didnt drug them when I was a kid

Shall I remind you, times change.

Often not for better

                     So wha youve described fall within the spectrumsheesh of neurodiversity  are neurodiverse neurodivergent conditions situations

Yes.  These, if you would, neuro-differences, are recognised as a social category similar to differences in ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, ability.

You don know this

                     McDonalds

They first opened you could have a hamburger a cheeseburger fries a soft drink a chocolate shake a vanilla shake

Menu

Done

The world’s more complicated than that now.

Or

      Was it made complicated to sell product

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https://exceptionalindividuals.com/neurodiversity/#:~:text=ADHD%2C%20Autism%2C%20Dyspraxia%2C%20and,orientation%2C%20gender%2C%20or%20ability.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder