Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io
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There is variation in everyone, but society / context / environment makes that variation more burdensome for some than for others. “Neurotypical” is not a thing that anyone •is•, but rather an archetype that human systems are designed for / evolved around.

When we recognize that “neurotypical” is an archetype and not an actual person, we can reach the same insight that the Air Force reached: you don’t build things to some single optimal set of “normal” dimensions; you make things more adjustable, flexible, accommodating of variation.

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper: @sarajw@front-end.social
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@inthehandsPaul Cantrell yes yes yes yes this

Very much of the opinion that modern life is far too intense, and those that struggle with the (increasingly narrow) way of being that allows you to thrive in it are seeking help one way or another - be that via diagnosis, medication, therapy, drugs...

"We didn't have that back then!"

Oh yes you did. Was life as expensive, as full of tricks to con you at every turn, as competitive for every job, as precarious?

We are safer than ever, but so very stressed.

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