Joel Schwartz (he/him) Profile picture
Head psychologist @ Total Spectrum Counseling, trailblazer in neurodiversity affirming assessment & psychotherapy. Sex positive, ADHDer, humanistic.
Jan 25 16 tweets 3 min read
I’m seeing some discourse around diagnostics, specifically Autism/ADHD vs Personality Disorders (PDs), especially being used to criticize people’s official or self-determined diagnoses. There is a lot to say on these issues. 1 First, there is so much to deconstruct and think about regarding what is and isn’t a disorder. The language around this is very often political, based on cultural norms, etc, with certain disorders only existing under certain circumstances. 2