From The National Autistic Society (UK based charity):

“The neurodiversity paradigm is a set of ideas based on the principles that:

every person should be valued and respected
no brain (or mind) is more ‘normal’ than any other
[…]
neurodiversity is a natural form of human diversity

The shift is away from seeing neurodivergence […] (as a ‘disorder’), to a neutral view of neurodivergence as a difference […]. This approach to autism and neurodivergence is very different to the traditional approach of medical science, known as the ‘medical model’.”

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issues with models of mental health, and does capitalism create mental illness

yes mental health issues can be genetic
yes mental health issues are chemical and can often be treated by adjusting those chemicals
BUT
stress contributes to physical ailments
mental health issues ARE a physical ailments
poverty, overwork, conflict, war, etc are all huge sources of stress
so capitalism creates disorder were there was none by triggering certain genetic dispositions and chemical changes in the brain as well as denying the physical body the ability to heal and recover
secondarily, capitalism expects and nourishes only a very particular arrangement of neurology - human values vary more widely than the values of capitalism, and without this external force there are a lot of disorders that seem a lot less like disorders and much more like natural diversity
and then there is the third kind, the kind of mental state that impairs ability to socialise effectively, and that can and should be managed with any combination of chemical and non-chemical treatment that is available and appropriate, as humans are by necessity a social species and we need each other, regardless of capitalism (but capitalism still makes these kinds worse by encouraging competition and discouraging interdependence)
and then the fourth kind, where the disorder is one that is dangerous to the person suffering from it. These are the kind that would very much still exist without capitalism (but capitalism STILL makes worse!) And these can often be treated with chemical and non-chemical methods also.

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