Neurotypical is the Mask
What if the "normal" ones are the most conditioned of all?
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The Reframe That Stopped Me
I was ill in bed, scrolling, half-asleep, when a video stopped me cold.
The argument was simple: neurotypical isn’t the default. It’s the disease. Neurodivergent isn’t the exception. It’s the original.
I sat with that for a while. And then I thought: of course. That makes complete sense. Because what is neurotypical, really? It’s a standard. And standards don’t exist in nature. They’re created by systems that need people to behave in predictable ways.
This isn’t a post about ADHD or autism. It’s about something broader. It’s about the mask we were all handed at some point and told was a face.
