What is neurodiverse? Neurodiverse is characterized by autistic or other neurologically
atypical patterns or behavior not neurotypical. b 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. b It helps us open our minds to a whole other
way of seeing what is happening right in front of us. b Everyone in this world is unique in
their own way. b 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. b It brings solutions to us maybe not seen
before, it brings intelligence in many forms, and most importantly it brings society
together. b When a society comes together it puts their disability, gender, and race to the
side. b 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. b 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.
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. b All these individuals
should be treated fairly. b 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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