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It’s equally absurd that nearly all research to this point presupposes that any neurodivergence is purely a medical disorder. Ironically, this belief that scie
by jdgoesmarching 3y ago
It’s equally absurd that nearly all research to this point presupposes that any neurodivergence is purely a medical disorder.
Ironically, this belief that science is purely objective and exists outside a social framework is how we arrive at these types of unquestioned faulty assumptions. That’s how we get homosexuality still being in the DSM as a mental disorder until the 70s.
“Maybe autistic people have some unique strengths” is hardly the most biased or ridiculous hypothesis in modern academia.
- constantcrying 3y agoCompletely disingenuous. Read the quote, it is about assuming that neurodivergent people need science to find out why it actually is a good thing. A total farce.
- declaredapple 3y agoI think there's clear social impairment. Making friends is harder and it takes more "manual" effort to socialize "effectively". However much of this social impairment may or may not be a real problem. "special interests" and "obsessing over one topic" is an impairment in social scenerios, but can be extremely beneficial for tasks related to that special interest.
- constantcrying 3y agoAnd?