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Jon Thomas's avatar

Beautifully said. The tragedy isn’t neurodivergence ... it’s building a culture that forgets it was never meant to run on a single kind of mind. What I keep coming back to is that these minds evolved together. Intelligence was never individual — it was distributed. When we rebuild environments that let those roles reconnect, something much larger becomes possible.

Gwen Diehn's avatar

It's time to change the name from "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" and call it something that reflects the strength that it is. Stop "diagnosing" and labeling children and dosing them with pharmaceuticals to make them more compliant.

Jon Thomas's avatar

something like "attention variance phenomenon?"

EG's avatar

Thom’s article needs to be on every channel, much appreciated.

Peggy Magilen's avatar

In an earlier post,

One responder, Eric, renamed Add as Additional Dimensions Developed

Add in Highly? And Additional Dimension Highly Developed. Plural or not on dimension?

Possibly

Mine: ADD Attention Differently Directed, for all on the autism spectrum.

ADHD? Attention Direction Highly Divergent....? Not specific enough in a good way.

Let's all keep on it.

Peggy Magilen's avatar

Yes, obvious by just viewing and a couple questions. A retired teachers, I saw this in my third grade students back in the late 90's. We are here to help change the world back to connection again.

Not vaccine created for most on the autism spectrum, our gifted differences inherited.