Pronouns relating to neurodivergencies and disabilities of all kinds.
ADHD/Autism
- ASD/ASD/ASDs/ASDs/ASDself [autistics only] (1)
- au/auti/auti/autis/autiself [autistics only] (1)
- au/auti/autis/autis/autismself [autistics only] (1)
- fo/cus/cus/foci/fociself or focuself (1)
- hush/hush/hushs/hushs/hushself [people who are mute, nonverbal, or have delusions only]
- hyp/per/hypers/hypers/hyperself [intended for people with ADHD but free to use]
- hy/per/per/pers/hyperself [ADHD] (1)
- ree/ree/rees/rees/reeself [autistic people only]
- sti/stim/stim/stims/stimself [people who stim only]
- stim/stim/stim/stims/stimself [people who stim only]
Mood Disorders
- :):/:):/:):s/:):s/:):self [aka :): pronouns, intended for people with bipolar or borderline personality disorder]^
- ;/;/;/;s/;self [intended for people with past suicidal ideation or attempts but free to use]
- an/xi/ety/etys/anself or xiself [anxiety disorders only] (1)
Personality Disorders
- :):/:):/:):s/:):s/:):self [aka :): pronouns, intended for people with bipolar or borderline personality disorder]^
- bee/beep/dee/dees/beepdeeself or bpdself [Borderline PD only] (1)
- BPD/BPD/BPDs/BPDs/BPDself [Borderline PD only] (1), (2)
- wav/wave/waver/wavers/waverself [people with dissociation or personality disorders] (1)
Physical Disability/Conditions
- lim/limp/limps/limps/limpself [people with disabilities affecting legs only]^
- cry/cryp/cryps/cryples/crypleself [people with disabilities affecting mobility only]^
Stimming
- che/chew/chews/chewself
- ech/echo/echos/echoself [echolalia] (1)
- fi/fid/del/idel/fiddleself
- fi/fidge/fidget/fidges/fidgetself
- fla/flap/flap/flaps/flapself (1)
- ge/gel/gels/gelly/gelself
- goo/goo/goo/goos/gooself
- pla/play/plays/plays/playself
- po/poke/poke/pokes/pokeself
- ree/ree/rees/rees/reeself [autistic people only]
- ro/rock/rocks/rocks/rockself (1)
- sli/slime/slime/slimes/slimeself
- sof/soft/soft/softs/softself
- sti/stim/stim/stims/stimself [people who stim only]
- ta/tap/taps/taps/tapself (1)
- te/tex/tex/tex/textureself
- tou/touch/touch/touchs/touchself
- zi/zip/zip/zips/zipself or zipperself
Systems/Plurals
- [prn]&/[prn]&/[prn]&/[prn]s&/[prn]self& or [prn]selves& [systems & plurals only, replace [prn] with any pronoun, ie he&/him&]
- &/&/&/&s/&self or &selves [intended for systems & plurals but free to use]
- blu/lurr/blurr/blurrs/blurrself or blurrselves [systems & plurals only]* (1)
- collec/collective/collectis/collectis/collectiveself [systems & plurals only]
- DID/DID/DIDs/DIDs/DIDself [people with DID only] (1)
- mal/malic/malicitos/malicitors/malicitorself [persecutors in systems only]^
- mei/meid/dian/dians/meiself or meiselves [median systems & plurals only]* (1)
- mu/mul/mult/mults/multiself or multiselves [systems & plurals only]* (1)
- OSDD/OSDD/OSDDs/OSDDs/OSDDself [people with OSDD only] (1)
- plu/plura(l)/plur/plurs/pluralself or pluralselves [systems & plurals only]* (1)
- plur/plural/plural/plural/pluralself [systems & plurals only]*
- ro/ron/fron/frons/frontself or frontselves [systems & plural only] (1)
- sys/sys/sys/sys/sysself [systems & plurals only] (1)
- sys/system/system/systems/systemself [systems & plurals only]*
- sy/sym/sys/sys/symself or symselves [systems & plurals only]* (1)
- te/ter/alte/altes/alterself or alterselves [systems & plurals only] (1)
- they&/them&/their&/theirs&/themself& [systems & plurals only]*
- wav/wave/waver/wavers/waverself [people with dissociation or personality disorders] (1)
- ƿi/ƿis/ƿeir/ƿeirs/ƿeirself [ƿ pronounced “w,” ie “we/wis,” intended for systems & plurals but free to use—both first and third person, semiplural]^*
Other
- ;/;/;/;s/;self [intended for people with past suicidal ideation or attempts but free to use]
- co/psy/co/cos/psyself [psychosis spectrum only] (1)
- hush/hush/hushs/hushs/hushself [people who are mute, nonverbal, or have delusions only]
- shh/iz/shh/shh’s/shhself or izself [schizophrenia spectrum only] (1)
- shi/iz/hiz/hiz’s/izself [schizophrenia spectrum only] (1)
- tic/tic/tic/tics/ticself [people with tics only]
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pronouns that are conjugated as plural (ie they/them) are starred (*)
pronouns and terms coined through this webpage have a caret (^)
important notes will be contained in brackets [like this]
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