Do You Believe in Neurodiversity?

After I learnt so much about Autism I came to view Autism is not a tragic thing some people describe it as, not the nicest either but does have some positivity.

In the past I realized my suffering didn't stem from Autism, but stemmed from how people treat me and how I reacted to how they treat me. 

I couldn't think of any scientific basis that lead mankind to the conclusion that there is only one way to correctly neurodevelop and one cognitive functioning style. The genes to these conditions have existed throughout evolution but have only been focused on for less than two centuries, I were wondering why is that, it gave me the impression Autism is not a problem, mankind turned it into a problem by how they viewed it. 

People tend to tell me they believe there's something wrong with our brains because they're away from the average. Again, there's no scientific basis to being away from an average means something's wrong, and away from an average can also be an advantage. I read in a book by PhD. Thomas Armstrong that there was no such thing as averaged until the 1840s, so before hand there was no over or under functioning brain.

It's widely believed now that Einstein and Mozart were Autistic, John Nash had Schizophrenia, L. V. Beethoven had Bipolar, Richard Branson had dyslexia, a majority of the most influential people throughout history had one or more neurological difference.

Do you agree with Neurodiversity, or do you oppose it? Could you share why you agree or disagree please.

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  • In the past I realized my suffering didn't stem from Autism, but stemmed from how people treat me and how I reacted to how they treat me. 

    Absolutely.

    I think we're just wired for a different time - pre 1970s when life was so much more predictable and clear.

    The Victorians got very into 'science' and it became fashionable for the upper-middle-class to look down on everyone else and find ways to categorise them into different 'sub' sets - naturally seeing themselves as the pinnacle of enlightenment.

    That led on to the whole Eugenics craze about finding ways to 'purify' humankind.

    That didn't end well back then - but is still very popular amongst certain circles.

    I believe that all the various permutations and combinations of people's minds will rise to dominance or drop away depending on the world we live in.      The social-media age seems to encourage a certain type -  and it doesn't look like we fit well.

  • The social-media age seems to encourage a certain type -  and it doesn't look like we fit well.

    I hate social media but I feel like I need it because its where I get most of my news from because I don't trust tv news I don't trust social media news either but I can research things and I can also tailor what news I want hear about better than I ever could on tv.

    I don't post things on social media anymore I did but only because I felt like I had some "image" to portray but I stopped that a long time ago now. A part of me has this utopian wish that social media didn't exist, we could trust the media, and that the world isn't SOOOO connected ALL the time. But I know that will never happen and the world is moving I the very opposite of that vision.

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  • The social-media age seems to encourage a certain type -  and it doesn't look like we fit well.

    I hate social media but I feel like I need it because its where I get most of my news from because I don't trust tv news I don't trust social media news either but I can research things and I can also tailor what news I want hear about better than I ever could on tv.

    I don't post things on social media anymore I did but only because I felt like I had some "image" to portray but I stopped that a long time ago now. A part of me has this utopian wish that social media didn't exist, we could trust the media, and that the world isn't SOOOO connected ALL the time. But I know that will never happen and the world is moving I the very opposite of that vision.

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