This week in Life Finds A Way, writer Kavin Senapathy explores how we think about neurodiversity when we take a step back and consider cognitive diversity in other species.
While the neurodiversity paradigm emerged in the 1900s as a human-centered concept rooted in social justice, the biological reality it describes isn’t uniquely human at all. From crows to bees, cognitive diversity is standard in social species.
At a time when deficit-based thinking about autism and neurodivergence is the norm, and where systems are designed for the neurotypical, understanding neurodiversity as a part of biodiversity reframes the entire conversation.
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Read the original essay: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-biology-of-thinking-differently
Written by Kavin Senapathy
Narrated by Willow Beck
Video edit by Hot Sauce Video
Produced by Important, Not Important https://www.importantnotimportant.com/
