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Do You Believe in Neurodiversity?

Daniel

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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  • Oh! Oh! I may not have too much of an insightful view on this whole thing, but I just talked about something similar a few days ago with my friend. Like, in my opinion, it's impossible for anyone to be like "perfectly normal" or "perfectly happy"? I don't really... Understand it? Do neurotypical people really exist? I'm sure everyone struggles with something, so yeah? Why are some people considered "typical"? I don't know, in my opinion, humans are suuuuuch complex creatures, putting them in any boxes or giving labels just makes no sense to me... But again, that's just how I view it!

  • in reply to Ho_p_e

    On the topic of 'happy' - I've explored this a little and it's usually a temporary state.

    Some philosophies recommend seeking contentment rather than happiness itself, because this is a different, more permanent type of happiness. Perhaps this is a different state than 'happy' implies, but if happy is just feeling good or even only okay, then contentment would be the same. It's a LOT easier to achieve a feeling of contentment (e.g. keeping a gratitude journal is one practice that can help this).

    So I believe 'perfectly happy' is just one of those phrases that is about a myth, rather than a reality. Perfect doesn't really exist.

    However (I'm definitely waffling now!) 'perfectly imperfect' is one of my favourite phrases. It's something that I need to ponder each time I come across it, but it reminds me of something I feel is true: that imperfection is full of more joy than perfection, which I find a little dull. 

  • in reply to Mantra

    I think you have hit the nail right on the head there. There seem to be many forms of transitory happiness, that which comes from getting a new job, a new thing, a new lover, getting one up on an adversary etc. But they all quickly fade, and if you chase those feelings it's like chasing a drug high. In my view the effort involved in the chasing rarely is balanced by the achievable happiness. 

    In short happiness goes up and down (I think because it is reliant on external events) but contentment comes from within, so tends to stay with you once you have achieved it. 

    From my perspective our lives today seem to allow the pursuit pf happiness whilst doing it's best via advertising and such like forces to destroy your sense of contentment.

    As for the OP's original question, It's very hard not to believe in Neurodiversity when you get treated differently to most people and always seem to be on the end of some "double standard" for a handful of decades...  The question for us Spergs, Aspies and Autists gathered here in this internet refuge, surely is; "What are we going to do about it?"...

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  • in reply to Mantra

    I think you have hit the nail right on the head there. There seem to be many forms of transitory happiness, that which comes from getting a new job, a new thing, a new lover, getting one up on an adversary etc. But they all quickly fade, and if you chase those feelings it's like chasing a drug high. In my view the effort involved in the chasing rarely is balanced by the achievable happiness. 

    In short happiness goes up and down (I think because it is reliant on external events) but contentment comes from within, so tends to stay with you once you have achieved it. 

    From my perspective our lives today seem to allow the pursuit pf happiness whilst doing it's best via advertising and such like forces to destroy your sense of contentment.

    As for the OP's original question, It's very hard not to believe in Neurodiversity when you get treated differently to most people and always seem to be on the end of some "double standard" for a handful of decades...  The question for us Spergs, Aspies and Autists gathered here in this internet refuge, surely is; "What are we going to do about it?"...

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