Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is neuro-typical defined?
My 15-year-old son has dyslexia. He only learned to read at age 10 and he writes well below age level. Is he neuro-divergent?
I have difficulty judging space. For example I am constantly dropping things, tripping, and falling because I can't easily judge the distance between my body and other objects around me. I otherwise have a "normal" life (career, family, etc.). Am I neuro-typical?
My friend is face blind. She doesn't recognize people's faces, even if she has known them for a long time. She otherwise has a "normal" life (career, family, etc). Is she neuro-typical?
I ask because I just had a conversation with someone who is self-diagnosed with ADHD. She said I could not understand the neuro-divergent perspective because I am neuro-typical.
It’s a really stupid clinical phrase adopted, stupidly, for common use.
We should just stick to plain language. There are normal people and then people who are deviant from normal. Refer to those people based on their individual needs. Done and done.
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