Per replies, something I need to clarify:
We often use the word “neurotypical” to mean “neither autistic nor ADHD.” That might be useful as a shorthand, I guess, but it’s that mode of thought I’m specifically arguing against here: creating a single catch-all category defined as a negative, calling it “normal,” and assuming that it fits most people.
That doesn’t stand up to empirical scrutiny, and I don’t think it’s particularly healthy or helpful.
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“Normal” is such a pervasive, insidious, and harmful concept whose primary function (as far as i can tell) is to exclude or stigmatize. The ongoing and persistent conflation of average and normal is something I find both worrisome and infuriating.
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