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Tiktok, trend, neurodivergent
Neurodivergent creators are gaining visibility on TikTok but losing in the process
Words like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' began in specific communities and have since entered casual online conversation, raising questions about visibility, appropriation and what gets lost in translation.     Terms like 'stimming' and 'hyperfixation' did not originate on TikTok. They came from clinical and community contexts, used primarily by neurodivergent people and those with ADHD to…