Neurodiversity
Today's A to Z Challenge post brought to you by the letter... Neurotypical is basically having a brain that society would call normal. Neurodivergent…is everything else. Autism. ADHD. Dyslexia. Depression. Bipolar disorder. Something you’re born with. That’s what neurodiversity is. It’s a pretty broad subject, but they do have one thing in common: being dismissed by society. And a hundred years ago, they would have been thrown in an insane asylum and tortured or lobotomized until they learned to behave in a way that wasn’t embarrassing to their families. When they weren’t just abandoned by them outright . A lot has changed, but unfortunately not nearly enough. People are still convinced vaccines are linked to autism even after the study suggesting it was discredited . Including people in the White House . Not to mention those “thinking moms” who would rather their child risk death than possibly become autistic. And one of the most prominent organizations focused...