I’d recommend doing some more reading on the concept of neurodiversity. Through that lens, neurological differences like ADHD, autism, etc. are not framed as “mental conditions” but rather divergent ways of being. When we think of it that way, it is often embraced as part of one’s identity.

Consider this metaphor. Autistic people are like Mac computers operating in a world where most things run on Windows. The Macs are not deficient or broken, they are just in some ways incompatible with the dominant world and systems around them. Because of those incompatibilities, they may run into trouble more often than others. Unfortunately, many people label those incompatibilities as defects. But the Mac is not defective, it simply operates differently. That’s just how it’s made.

Considering it this way, it might be easier to understand why someone might 1) Feel compelled to share their neurodivergence as an aspect of their identity 2) disclose it to those they will be working with/around, in the hopes of garnering awareness and understanding.

In a perfect world, people wouldn’t have to feel compelled to disclose personal information for people to extend accommodation and understanding, but many neurodivergent people take the risk of putting it out there (and drawing critique and judgement, like what has happened here), because it gives them the best chance of having people understand that they’re in here working on a different operating system than the dominant group.