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

  • NightAuthor@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Disability, mental disorder, retard, 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.

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      1 year ago

      I believe it’s known as the lexical treadmill