inconel@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoIf number of undiagnosed neurodivergent people proves to be significant portion, neurotypical means just people who won the standards war of communication protocolmessage-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1239arrow-down1message-squareIf number of undiagnosed neurodivergent people proves to be significant portion, neurotypical means just people who won the standards war of communication protocolinconel@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNightAuthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoDisability, mental disorder, removed, etc etc etc The words used to objectively discuss people who are different seem to always drift towards derogatory uses. So we shed those labels, come up with new ones… and the cycle continues. If someone cared to find a citation, I’m sure something exists on google scholar.
minus-squareimaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoI believe it’s known as the lexical treadmill
Disability, mental disorder, removed, etc etc etc
The words used to objectively discuss people who are different seem to always drift towards derogatory uses.
So we shed those labels, come up with new ones… and the cycle continues.
If someone cared to find a citation, I’m sure something exists on google scholar.
I believe it’s known as the lexical treadmill