neurodiversity, capitalism, rant
I am really uncomfortable with the increasing amount of "ADHD coach"-type accounts on Twitter that continuously post "relatable" tweets seemingly just to advertise their courses or whatever, rather than out of any genuine desire to provide support to neurodiverse folks
I'm even more uncomfortable about these accounts seemingly often being run by actual neurodiverse folks, perpetuating harmful models of interaction to do a capitalism (ie. beyond "putting bread on the table"), instead of actually providing helpful advice directly
And I'm *really* not happy that I'm starting to see some of this stuff crop up on fedi as well
neurodiversity, capitalism, rant
@joepie91 I used to follow a lot of the... more genuine-seeming ADHD accounts? And it kept feeling more and more like a gimmick, even though they were also neurodiverse.
Like, I get that we've all gotta eat here, but it really felt like it was falling into the "this is how to be productive in this world!" instead of working towards helping to dismantle this world so we could stop worrying about being productive.
re: neurodiversity, capitalism, rant
@whatanerd Oh yeah, that's exactly the sorts of accounts I'm talking about. Superficially it looks genuine, and I do genuinely believe that they are run by neurodiverse folks, but there was a total absence of true solidarity, organizing, mutual aid, basically anything that would actually make effective use of their platform to help ND folks more broadly
re: neurodiversity, capitalism, rant
@whatanerd Basically it felt a lot like the ND equivalent of 'queer assimilation'