Published on 12, July, 2020
First time posting here so I hope I'm doing it right.
I've noticed a lot recently when my Mum talks to others about me or my brother having Autism people will often say things like "Oh they have something wrong with them" or "If only we could give them normal brains" and I'm standing there feeling like absolute crap cause then I think "Well I'm obviously useless so what's even the point of being Autistic and being alive. Then there's the sympathetic sad looks from people and the" Oh I'm so sorry for you" comments. It just really gets me down sometimes. I'm very proud of my Autism as it makes me who I am but when I hear the comments it's like a punch in the gut.
"Normal" annoys me ,what they mean is typical , average , boring ,run of the mill, unremarkable ,commonplace ,ordinary.
Personally i prefer being me .
mael,
This is why I greatly support the Neurodiversity Paradigm, if you read my comment about "normal people" (I don't believe in any such thing) there's no scientific reason to claim our brains and other neurodivergent brains to be pathological.
This so called normal brain is no more valid than saying there's only one correct culture and every other is dysfunctional, there's only one correct race and every other is dysfunctional.
The normal brain is simply prejudice and a neurological version of racism.