Deterministic neuropathy
Many conditions are completely determined by a person's neuropathy.
Neurodivergent people have has to battle the sensory overloads they get from societies that value exaggerated experiences and conformance to what is expected of them. They cannot comply, except to stress themselves out by observing others and rehearsing scripts they can use to pretend to be so-called normal people. They will try to hide the type of behaviours that they use to handle their overload situations by toning them down or finding alternatives that are not so conspicuous.
They have a life of stress, often aggravated by abuse from those who were intolerant of their different behaviours and mannerisms, especially while young. They tend to grow up with lots of social anxiety and trauma because of such treatment by others. In earlier times, the understanding of the conditions were very poor, so if they did have an assessment, they would likely have been misdiagnosed as having a non-deterministic condition that was treated with inappropriate drugs, and may well have been institutionalised.
By avoiding diagnoses, many did manage to have jobs and families, but often with difficulties. When they have had a diagnosis later in life, their partners often leave them, perhaps leaving them with children who also have such conditions. This all must change because it is not something they can change. It is our societies that must change to accept that they are a natural part of our lives. Trying to pretend that they can change will not work. They show us that the we cannot all be so-called normal, and that perhaps we should all get more leeway to be ourselves.
What is not deterministic?△
There are attempts by some to shoehorn in non-deterministic conditions to be included as if they are.
The conditions determined solely by neuropathy include autism or ADHD, and have belatedly achieved a measure of acceptance as neurodivergent conditions that those with them are not able to undo or change the core behaviours from them. However, in an effort to have their own non-deterministic conditions accepted under the same umbrella, many are claiming they are. This is disingenuous because such conditions are often able to be treated by drugs or psychologically to improve their quality of life. By their nature, theoretically their conditions will be able to be cured in the future.
Non-deterministic conditions are usually as a result of an environment that pushes the person to make choices to protect themselves. There may be a biological predisposition or susceptibility to such conditions, but that is not enough to be solely deterministic. These are often occurring while too young to make properly informed decisions of how to deal with their circumstances.
Like most people who are confronted with repeated circumstances that they have not had enough opportunity to think through alternate responses for, they will choose to reaffirm previous decisions, locking in behaviours that eventually force their brains to rewire themselves to deal with their circumstances more automatically. The key factor is that the results are determined by chosen reactions to their environment, effectively being beliefs about themselves and what defines their lives. If determined to change, those choices can be rethought through to build alternate beliefs.
That is not to say the the process of change is easy, but changes can be made that allow the person to live a different life to that which they have previously chosen for themselves. That new life might not be optimal, but the beliefs and behaviours have changed and been brought more under their conscious control, as well as being amenable to newer treatments later on. That sort of change is not possible for those with deterministic neuropathies.