Adaptive

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Adaptive refers to systems which formed in response to trauma or other adversity. A common trait of such systems is viewing plurality as adapting, healing, and overcoming obstacles.

History
The term "adaptive" was coined years after the coining of traumagenic, as a response to the popularization and misunderstandings around that term. Some worried about the idea of throwing "the trauma back into the faces" of survivors; others were concerned about the perceived inclusivity of the term, although it was specifically defined to include non-disordered systems.

Related Terms
Adaptive is one of the four plural rings, and can be combined with other terms to describe mixed-origin systems.

Adaptive is similar to traumagenic, but has a slightly broader definition. It doesn't just include trauma: it can be due to struggles with neurodiversity, for example. It was coined with spontaneous & created labels.

Flags
The flag's colors are chosen to resemble succulents: the designer, Grey Skies, likened their adaptions of having a strong outside and a soft inside to the experiences of adaptive systems.