r/neurodiversity

41K archived posts · Apr 2012 – Sep 2026

r/neurodiversity

A place for the social and political discussion of neurological and psychological differences. We are proud members of the Neurodiversity Movement, which is also a part of the Disability Rights Movement.

Created Apr 27, 2012

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Welcome to the neurodiversity subreddit, a forum for discussing social, political, identity, and other issues to do with psychological and neurological differences. As long as they are relevant to the topic, news articles, essays, blog posts, and self-posts are all welcome here. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to message the mods.

Good topics for discussion here include:

Exploring public attitudes to non-neurotypical people.
Looking at the stereotypes and tropes through which psychological and neurological differences are represented.
Highlighting some of the prejudice that people who are not neurotypical can face.
Discussing the value of medical language for understanding particular kinds of neurodiversity.
Celebrating some of the positive aspects of neurodiversity.

One of our central aims is to create an environment for promoting the understanding and acceptance of people with neurological and psychological differences while acknowledging the unique and often serious problems these people may face. In particular, this should be a safe space for those who are not neurotypical to talk freely without fear of prejudice, and abuse or hate speech directed at non-NTs will be deleted. Other kinds of prejudice (e.g. on the basis of sex, sexuality, gender, race, or ability) will also result in comments being removed.

For more information on flairs and flair tags, see here.

Please be aware that we automatically forward posts to twitter and tumblr to advertise our sub and to promote neurodiversity discussion. If you would prefer your posts not to be shared by our twitterbot, please include the tag #DNT anywhere in the post title.

For more information on flairs and flair tags, see here.

###Rules

Users should consult New Reddit for more information regarding updates and further explanations on rules before posting, or commenting. Please note that this includes policies and instructions for research/surveys as well.
Please read "What the Neurodiversity Movement Promotes" before posting/commenting
No derailing
No crowd-funding or marketing posts without prior permission from the moderation team
Do not post personal information, images, or film unless all parties involved agreed
No Insults
No Violence and Inciting Violence:
No Tagging or directly naming a subreddit whose leadership is targeting / harassing us *Do not put other people's usernames in comments, posts, and photos unless all parties approve
Do not tag the usernames of people in other communities.
It is important to be specific
No off topic image posts or memes.
Correct any rule violations that you may have before posting, commenting and messaging our modmail.
Promote sexual assault/child exploitation and WE WILL BAN YOU... and inform the authorities.
Those who ignore the rules repeatedly are subject to a temp, or permanent ban.

Researchers & Students wishing to post surveys, or ask questions need to provide the following:

Please see the rules within New Reddit's sidebar first for more information on where to post/comment.
A flair in your post
Include a short explanation emphasizing the benefits of participatory research, and critical input from neurodivergent people.
University/ Institution Affiliation (this includes contact information)
A Research ID number and/or their institution/universities code of standards and ethics