Neurodiversity and Mad Pride
I made a flag for my concept of neurodiversity pride and mad pride for disability pride month.
Psy Pride
The pastel pink represents pride, acceptance (both personal and societal acceptance), and normalization of being neurodivergent or mentally ill.
Pastel purple wave stripe represents the wide array of neurodivergent and psychiatric diverse people, including those who both do and don't see their differences as disruptive to their functioning, and includes those who are antipsychiatry or psychiatry critical as well as those who choose to obtain psychiatric services or have a positive view of psychiatry.
Pastel cyan for those who are disabled or societally stigmatized because of their neuro differences, as well as those who have trauma from psychiatric services or from being mistreated because of their neuro divergence, or even died because of injustice and marginalization related to their neurodivergence.
Pastel seafoam for the exploration of neurodiversity, like through personal psychonautic exploration of the mind, seeking community with other neuro and psychiatric diverse people, creating spaces for neurodiversity, academic research, personally developing ways of more effectively living with various aspects of neurodiversity and sharing them within a community, working within psychology to transform it from within, antipsychiatry activism or critique of psychiatry, or just being a supportive friend to neurodiverse individuals
The black represents challenging and reforming systems that oppress the neurodivergent and psychiatric diverse, and developing new systems and methods to support them.
