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Law & Order: SVU | Ep: Twenty-Five Acts

Ludari for @/Neopawliton on Instagram! This was part of an outfit exchange event, so I’ve only designed and drawn the clothes on top of the adorable base provided! I guess I’ve thoroughly cemented myself as the guy who draws drow in hanfu/hanyuansu now... all things considered, pretty good legacy I think.

Today's the day of HIC or as it it commonly known, "giftedness".

It is a very misunderstood neurodivergence that causes people that have it, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, a lot of big issues.

People tend to see it as a label that people who do good in school are given, but it's far, far from it.

It's closer to the autism or ADHD spectrums, in this case being a series of cognitive and behavioral patterns that lets the person have more creativity and a faster processing of information while also causing developmental problems, such as bad emotional regulation, underdeveloped social skills and a lot of other problems, sometimes even physical or psychological lacks.

And the problem doesn't end there. Because of the popular perception of what being HIC or gifted is (basically a smartass who loves being right and correcting people and being awarded things at school), many kids (and often adults too) who get the diagnosis are instantly labeled with a stigma, allowing people to freely bully them because they're the "big brain with no emotions" which can't be further from the truth.

This combined with the pressures that parents put on children when they get labeled as HIC because of their supposed potential, can result in stress, academic and professional failure, and higher rates of depression and even suicide.

Today's a very important day for this stigmatized neurodivergence, and so, I must say

stackednatural, october 25