neuroqueer

Does this mean the individual simply identifies as neurodivergent without any objective evidence? If queering sexuality means a man can identify as a lesbian, I see no reason why queering neurology shouldn't mean a neurotypical can identify as neurodivergent.

I wonder how parents would take it if a bunch of kids started identifying as autistic en masse and the school affirmed their identity at their word instead of conducting evaluations to verify, and then these kids all are placed in a self-contained autism classroom to validate their identities, straining the resources that are intended to help kids who are actually autistic and are disabled to one extent or another? The teacher would cater to the neurotypical majority and the kids needing specific attention and intervention would be left in the cold again. All the while media praises the neuroqueer kids as brave and special people who are the victims of the prejudices of their actually autistic classmates and their parents, who are all horribly bigoted for wanting them out of their classrooms.