Is there actually any such thing as a pathological or normal brain?
"Neurodiversity is an essential form of human diversity. The idea that there is one “normal” or “healthy” type of brain or mind or one “right” style of neurocognitive functioning, is no more valid than the idea that there is one “normal” or “right” gender, race or culture.
The classification of neurodivergence (e.g. autism, ADHD, dyslexia, bipolarity) as medical/psychiatric pathology has no valid scientific basis, and instead reflects cultural prejudice and oppresses those labeled as such."
From my view, pathology in this case is a neurological version of racism.
What is the scientific basis to claim a brain is disfunctional just because it functions in a different way?
The average excuse is flawed, average is nothing but a statistical artifact, so the “normal brain” is not natural, it's artificial made out of statistical artifacts.
I could get the average running speed from a school, some students will run faster, some slower. The faster and slower runners will be distant from the average, does that mean they have over or under functioning legs because they're away from the average? No, of course not. So does a brain being away from an average really mean there's something wrong?
A formula of how to determine at what measure the brain turns from normal to pathological is required in order for it to be scientific, if there is no formula, there's the evidence "pathological brain" is determined by neither science nor nature, it's determined by cultural prejudice which is not a scientific basis.
Which means as I've always believed, Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD, Bipolar etc. are not disability, are not diseases, are not mental health issues, they are simply adjectives and reference points to describe natural variation in neurodevelopment.
www.cfauk.org/.../is-neurodiversity-the-next-paradigm-shift-in-inclusion-and-diversity
