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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  • Great post this. I don't think the its something to believe in or not it's something that you can be in denial of or not. there is nothing at all to suggest scientifically that autism is an abnormality or defection, even the most stereotypical research papers are clearly just describing differences. To suggest that over 1% of the population have always been defective for the past thousands of years is actually absurd, in particular in light of the great contributions  autistic people have made to science and a happy fulfilling and different lives they can lead.

    in a sense the anti-autistic movement is no different to any other form of discrimination the same as trying to make black people white or cure homosexuality, or persecute people with certain beliefs or religions.

  • I agree with you "denial of" would of been a better way of putting it.

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