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Neurodiversity, Neuroharmony and the benefits they bring to the human race

https://youtu.be/kT0eqy-_s7A Materials manufactured from a factory go through standard Quality checks (QCs) to discriminate between the good quality ones and the bad, the "pass" and "fail" ones. But humans are not factory produced homogeneous products. Humans are more DIVERSE than we imagine. Yet we are all put through similar tests to discriminate between the "pass" and "fail", the "normal" and the "inferior", where "normal" parameters are set by what is the majority, the average, and the rest are somehow deemed inferior. In the context of the Neurodivergent (including but not limited to autistics, ADHD, Dsylexia, and those labelled to have Learning Disabilities ), we are, by the "standards of normal" (whatever that may be), deemed inferior to others, just because we behave differently, think differently, socialise differently (or have trouble socialising or don't socialise). Those who lack a...

Neurodiversity is Healthy, Productive, and Innovative... and a Competitive Advantage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikioIpTcBbI A great video (link above) offering refreshing insights for autistics and for employers  1)   NEURODIVERSITY : how it can contribute to the workplace  when the thoughts of Neurodiverse people tapped into and unlock the refreshing ideas and insights from their brains. 2)    MICROSOFT , a giant company, have: - sought out autistic employees, - changed the interview process,  - gives them more time show their abilities  - hires substance overfit  (as in from the term job fit or how companies hire based on 'fit') Microsoft is reinventing the wheel! They are changing/transforming the way the system operates (pun intended!😆🤭) 3)  Key takeaway: NEURODIVERSITY can be  a) healthy, b) productive , c) innovative  and  is a COMPETIVE ADVANTAGE for employers  The speaker ends of by saying whether it is ASD, ADHD or whatever don't und...