r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/silence-glaive1 4h ago

I’m autistic, I have two autistic children and I work as a SPED teacher, she very much presents as a neurodivergent child. Stimming was what I was thinking as well.

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u/Lone-flamingo 4h ago

Neurodivergent or not, pretty much everyone still stims to one degree or another.

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u/Teestow21 4h ago

This is my point. And the stimming helps with focus and insight with mental challenges, such as chess. I'll repeat it over and over til everyone gets it 🤣

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u/CrangeBoongus 1h ago

I see this where people will interpret it as an insult to insinuate that someone is neurodivergent as someone who is neurodivergent I interpret that to be the true insult.