What is neurodiverse? Neurodiverse is characterized by autistic or other neurologically
atypical patterns or behavior not neurotypical. i No one should have to change for anyone.
An individual that is neurodiverse can have a hard time adapting to society, especially to
how everyone thinks or makes an individual out to be. These are individuals who see things
in ways that we may not see things. i It helps us open our minds to a whole other way of
seeing what is happening right in front of us. i Everyone in this world is unique in their own
way. i Everyone shows it differently and we all express our feeling “our way”, not “like that
person”.
Today, society can benefit from these types of people and their different ways of thinking by
opening our eyes to the bigger picture. i It brings solutions to us maybe not seen before, it
brings intelligence in many forms, and most importantly it brings society together. i When a
society comes together it puts their disability, gender, and race to the side. Many stigmas
are associated with this, and people are having a hard time understanding this. If we put the
stigmas aside, we can develop better ways of working together and making communities
better for everyone. i This can provide many different ideas and opinions to accomplish a
bigger goal.
The concept of neurodiversity applies to any of the following programmatic course themes;
self-care, social justice, emotional intelligence, career connections, and/or ethics. i All these
themes play a pivotal role in our neurodiversity. Sometimes we need to sit back and take a
break from everything (we are all human), and say I come first. Social justice should be the
acceptance of anyone and every one no matter what. i All these individuals should be treated
fairly. i There is an old saying “You should treat others like you want to be treated”. A
common concept with career connections is that we need to communicate with each other.
If we don’t communicate with each other we cannot pass along the information to others, we
can not know what a person is thinking or the ideas they may have to help themselves or the
community to grow. Ethically we should know the difference between right and wrong. If
we know it is wrong and can hurt others why are we doing it? We need to understand
through communication how and what an individual is expecting to keep the unbiased from
happening.
References:
NowThis News (2018, July 23) Human Neurodiversity Should Be Celebrated, Not Treated
as a Disorder [Video] YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxmEv7fOFY
Myers, D., & DeWall, C. N. (2020). Psychology (6th ed.). Soomo Learning.
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