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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  • If you look right down at the actual problem ,the base or start of the issue ,it is the need for control .

    You can't control a population who think outside the box ,who don't react the same .

    This then has been made necessary by the massive increase in population over the last 150 years .

    I don't want to keep up with the neighbours ,have a 9 to 5 job ,mortgage , sit on a beach in a spanish resort , buy loads of cloths ,have a flash car . I question what i hear .I see things from a different perspective . So the authoritys have very little control ,other than label me and lock me up . I'M Neurodiverse  ,havn't had a diagonises yet so don't now what label they would put on me ,but certainly not average.

  • same. a lot of autistic people think like that! essentially i view nt's as a bit thick they are all chasing after the same stupid lifestyle. not to discriminate that's just how i often feel. in particular the wacky socialising techniques they use (inpressoin over person with literally thousands of unspoken rules) are utterly baffling.

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  • same. a lot of autistic people think like that! essentially i view nt's as a bit thick they are all chasing after the same stupid lifestyle. not to discriminate that's just how i often feel. in particular the wacky socialising techniques they use (inpressoin over person with literally thousands of unspoken rules) are utterly baffling.

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