Hacker News with Generative AI: Neurodiversity

An Economic and Rational Choice Approach to the Autism Spectrum, Neurodiversity (2011) (ssrn.com)
This paper considers an economic approach to autistic individuals, as a window for understanding autism, as a new and growing branch of neuroeconomics (how does behavior vary with neurology?), and as a foil for better understanding non-autistics and their cognitive biases.

Economics, Autism, Neurodiversity, Cognitive Bias

5 points by FergusArgyll 6 days ago | 0 comments

Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder (economist.com)
Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder

Health, Neurodiversity, Psychology, Medicine

29 points by uxhacker 33 days ago | 39 comments

Ask HN: Learning to interact correctly in online communities as a neurodivergent (ycombinator.com)
I often encounter negative reactions in online communities, such as downvotes, being mistaken for a troll, and being misunderstood constantly.

Neurodiversity, Online Communities, Social Interaction, Communication

26 points by TheLoneCat 38 days ago | 34 comments

Neurodivergence and Accountability in Free Software (drewdevault.com)
In November of last year, I wrote Richard Stallman’s political discourse on sex, which argues that Richard Stallman, the founder of and present-day voting member of the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), endorses and advocates for a harmful political agenda which legitimizes adult attraction to minors, consistently defends adults accused of and convicted of sexual crimes with respect to minors, and more generally erodes norms of consent and manipulates language regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault

Free Software, Ethics, Politics, Neurodiversity

23 points by als0 69 days ago | 6 comments

The Neurodivergent Engineer's Strategy for Success (ieee.org)

Neurodiversity, Engineering, Success Strategies

25 points by jnord 140 days ago | 8 comments

Ask HN: Fellow neurodivergents, do you pair better with LLMs than neurotypicals? (ycombinator.com)

Neurodiversity, AI, User Experience

12 points by thoughtpeddler 144 days ago | 27 comments

Ask HN: Tech opportunities for neurodivergent people with learning difficulties (ycombinator.com)

Jobs, Neurodiversity, Accessibility

18 points by CuriousRose 184 days ago | 11 comments