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If number of undiagnosed neurodivergent people proves to be significant portion, neurotypical means just people who won the standards war of communication protocol (lemmy.ca)

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We never know the number of undiagnosed, many may be just capable of pretending but suffering.

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[-] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 25 points 11 months ago

That's not what he's saying. He's referring to neurotypicality as just being the standard that won a standards war, as in a format war like VHS vs Betamax or HD-DVD vs Blu-ray.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, that’s reflected in the comment you referred to.

edit: I mean responded to

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