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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  • Tassimo,

    Neurodiversity is a way of describing how diverse we are as human beings from a neurological perspective. Neurodiversity claims no matter what kind of brain someone neurodevelops it's neither correct nor incorrect.

    So according to neurodiversity Atypical brains are not so much disorders but adjectives or reference points to describe what areas in life we could struggle with and which areas we can thrive in. Like those of us Autistic are known to have a difficulty with social matters, neurotypical people can have a difficulty showing their differences.

    It's basically a removal of the "brain disease" idea.  

  • Hi Tassimo, It will take time to process and work everything out. I was diagnosed about a month ago and I'm still trying to work it all out. Basically, being neurodiverse means that our wiring is different to those who are Neuro typical. Though honestly the terminology is less important than your self discovery and making sense of who you are.

    I hope I've helped in some small way. Slight smile

  • ND - neuro-diverse - not 'normal'   NT - neurotypical - 'Normal'

    All us auties are ND - according to the standards.