Yu na ‘nyurotaypik’? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis simpul wan!

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri di wɔd ‘neurotypical’ sɔmsay. Sɔntɛm na di intanɛt, ɔ frɔm yu padi. Na nɔto rili mɛdikal wɔd we wi dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz bɔku tɛm. Bɔt na impɔtant wɔd we i kam pan aw pipul dɛn bren de divɛlɔp ɛn wok. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ‘nyurotaypik’ na di we aw di bren fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn na di wɔl de divɛlɔp ɛn wok.

Wetin na ‘nyurotaypik’? I rili simpul!

‘Nyurotaypik’ na, imajin, di we aw di bren fɔ di bɔku pipul dɛn na di wɔl, dat na lɛk 80% to 85% pan pipul dɛn, de divɛlɔp ɛn wok. Dɛn pipul ya dɛn bren kin gɛt di sem lɛvul fɔ difrɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin du, fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin mɛmba tin dɛn, dɛn kin ebul fɔ du matematiks, ɛn dɛn kin ebul fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn tɔk.

Bɔt di impɔtant tin ya na dat wi nɔ de se fɔ bi ‘nyurotaypik’ na gud tin, ɛn di wan dɛn we nɔ de, dat na ‘nyurodivɛrjɛnt’, na bad tin. I jɔs tan lɛk yu ia kɔlɔ, yu skin kɔlɔ. Na abit we ɛnibɔdi gɛt in yon, nɔto sɔntin we pɔsin kin mɛzhɔ as gud ɔ bad. Wi ɔl difrɛn frɔm wisɛf, ɛn na so i bi.

Wetin mek wi nɔ kin want fɔ yuz di wɔd "nɔmal"?

Naw yu kin de tink se, "So wetin mek yu nɔ jɔs kɔl pɔsin 'nyurotaypik' instead ɔf 'nɔmal'?" Na dis na di rizin. No tu bren nɔ de ɛva bi di sem. Jɔs tink bɔt dat, na lɛk 86 bilyɔn nyuron dɛn de na mɔtalman bren, we na sɛl dɛn we de tɔk to dɛnsɛf tru ilɛktrik ɛn kemikal signal dɛn! di kכnεkshכn bitwin dεn nyuron dεm ya dεn kכl dεm sinaps . Trilyɔn pan dɛn sinaps ya de na yu bren. dis nεtwכk fכ di sinaps dεm na in de mek yu bi udat yu bi, εn i 100% yunik fכ yu.

So, if ɛvri bren so yunik, i at fɔ difayn "nɔmal bren," nɔto so? Na dat mek wi de luk di we aw di bren de wok ɛn kɔl am ‘nyurotaypik’, we na aw bɔku pipul dɛn bren de wok. Dat no min se na di onli "rayt" we.

Wetin na sɔm pat dɛm na layf lɛk as ‘nyurotaypik’ pɔrsin?

As ‘neurotypical’ pɔrsin, yu kin si se yu nɔr kin gɛt sɔm pan de chalenj dɛm wae ‘neurodivergent’ pipul dɛm kin gɛt sɔmtɛm. Dis na bikɔs bɔku tin dɛn na wi sosayti, skul, ɛn wokples dɛn mek fɔ fit di mɔtalman, dat na, ‘nyurotaypik’ pipul dɛn. Lɛ wi luk sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn:

Sɔshial ajɔstmɛnt ɛn adapteshɔn

As ‘neurotypical’ pɔrsin, yu kin ɔltɛm fit in wit ɔda pipul dɛm na sosayti witout bɔrku prɔblɛm. Yu nɔ gɛt strɔng want fɔ mek lɛk se yu tan lɛk ɔda pipul dɛn (dɛn kɔl dis ``masking''). Sosayti de aksept yu fɔ udat yu bi bɔku tɛm. So, yu nɔ kin gɛt fred lɛk, "Pipul go ostracize mi?" "Dem go tink di rong we abaut mi?"

Skul wok ɛn ɛdyukeshɔn

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin mek di we aw skul dɛn kin tich ɛn di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du na di klasrum dɛn di kayn we we izi fɔ ‘nyurotaypik’ pikin dɛn fɔ ɔndastand. So, tin dɛn lɛk fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan lɛsin ɛn fɔ fala di tin dɛn we dɛn tɛl yu fɔ du nɔ go bi big prɔblɛm fɔ yu.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, we ticha de tich lɛsin na skul, i kin izi fɔ mek ‘nyurotaypik’ pikin kɔntinyu fɔ lisin, ɔndastand am, ɛn ansa kwɛstyɔn dɛn we dɛn aks am.

Sεns prכsεsin

Wi de gɛt infɔmeshɔn ɔltɛm frɔm wi fayv sɛns dɛm (ay, yes, nos, tɔŋ, skin). ‘nyurotaypik’ pɔsin nɔ kin gɛt big prɔblɛm wit di we aw di bren de prosɛs dis infɔmeshɔn. Dis min se dɛn kin ebul fɔ fɔgɛt bɔt sɔm tin dɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ smɛl, sawnd, ɛn tɔch, ɔ ridyus di impak we dɛn kin gɛt. Dɛn kin ebul fɔ de kwayɛt ɛn nɔ kin izi fɔ vɛks (`(overwhelmed)` ɔ `((overstimulated)`) ivin na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku ɛn we gɛt nɔys.

• Imajin se we yu de insay bɔs, yu de yɛri bɔku nɔys ɛn yu fɔ waka na di krawd. Pɔsin we ‘nyurotaypik’ kin ebul fɔ dil wit dɛn tin ya ɛn rich usay i de go witout bɔku prɔblɛm.

Soshal kɔnɛkshɔn ɛn chat

We wi de tɔk to pipul dɛn, we wi de du biznɛs wit dɛn, bɔku lɔ dɛn de we wi nɔ tɔk bɔt ɛn wetin wi de op fɔ. Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛn lɛk fɔ luk pɔsin in fes we i de tɔk, ɛn fɔ ansa di rayt we we i de tɔk to am. ‘Nyurotaypik’ pipul dεm kin gεt izi tεm fכ כndastand dεn soshal rul dεm ya we dεn nכ de tכk εn bihayv dεm akɔdin to dat. Dis kin mek i izi fɔ dɛn fɔ tɔk to dɛnsɛf smɔl.

Yu tink se fɔ bi ‘nyurotaypik’ na sɔntin we de las fɔ yu layf? Nɔto so atɔl!

Nɔ, dat nɔto tru. Pɔsin we dɛn bɔn ‘nyurotaypik’ kin gɛt in bren wok chenj leta, we de sho ‘nyurodivɛrjɛnt’ kwaliti dɛn. wi kכl dis "acquired neurodivergence."

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di we aw di bren de wok kin chenj bikɔs sɔm tin dɛn kin afɛkt am sɔm tɛm na layf. Dis nɔ nid fɔ bi bad tin. Na jɔs chenj.

Aw dis "acquired neurodiversity" kin apin?

Bɔku rizin dɛn kin de fɔ dis:

• Sik dɛm wae kin kam wae pɔrsin dɔn ol na in bren: Fɔ ɛgzampul, sik dɛm lɛk Alzaima sik kin chenj aw yu bren de wok fɔ ɔltɛm.
• Hɛd injury ɛn bren injury: Tink bɔt kɔnkyushɔn , ɔ siriɔs traumatik bren injury (TBI) , we kin mek yu nɔ mɛmba fɔ sɔm tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm, i nɔ kin izi fɔ pe atɛnshɔn, ɛn chenj di we aw yu de biev.
• Mental hεlth prכblεm כ traumatik tin dεm: Sɔm mental hεlth kכndyushכn, fכ egzamplTin dεm lεk `(Diprεshכn)` εn `(Anxiety)` kin chenj di kεmikכl prכsεs dεm εn di wok we di bren de wok. כlso, kכndishכn dεm lεk `(Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD)`, we na di prכtektiv rispכns fכ di bren we i de fεs wit siriכs traumatik ivent dεm, kin chenj di we aw di bren de wok.

כltu, sכm stכdi dεn dכn fכnshכn se, if dεn nכ de fכ dεn rizin ya, sכmtεm dεn kin rili rεs, εn fכ nכ rizin we de sho, wan ‘nyurodivεrjεnt’ pכsin kin bigin fכ sho ‘nyurodivεrjεnt’ trayt dεm. Bɔt dat nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.

‘nyurotaypik’ mama ɛn papa kin gɛt ‘nyurodivɛrjɛnt’ pikin dɛn?

Yɛs, i rili pɔsibul! Dɔn bak, mama ɛn papa dɛn we gɛt nyurodivɛrjɛnt kin gɛt nyurotaypik pikin dɛn. Dis nɔto tin we na wan say.

Jɛnɛtiks kin afɛkt di chans we pɔsin gɛt fɔ bi nyurodivɛrjɛnt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛm lɛk Atɛnshɔn-Dɛfisit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ɛn Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) kin rɔn na famili. Bɔt, masta sabi pipul dɛn stil nɔr ɔndastand gud gud wan aw ɔr wetin mek sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn sik ya. Ɛn, bɔku tin dɛn de we kin du sɔntin, nɔto jɔs di jin dɛn. So, jɔs bikɔs mama ɔ papa gɛt dɛn nɔ min se dɛn pikin go gɛt dɛn.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: dis nɔto "gud-bad" kwɛshɔn, na jɔs difrɛns!

we wi de tכk bכt 'nyurotaypik' εn 'nyurodivεrjεnt', i imכtant fכ mεmba se dis nכto "nכmal" εn "abnכmal," כ "gud" εn "bad." Na jɔs difrɛns. Fɔ bi wan we na jɔs pat pan udat pɔsin bi, ɛn i nɔ de sho di ful valyu we i gɛt.

Tink bɔt am, sɔm pipul dɛn kin rayt wit dɛn raytan, sɔm kin rayt wit dɛn lɛft an. Na jɔs difrɛns, ɛn yu nɔ go se wan bɛtɛ ɔ wɔs pas di ɔda wan. Na di sem tin wit dis.

If yu na ‘nyurotaypik’, yu bren kin wok difrɛn frɔm pɔsin we na ‘nyurodiversary.’ Bɔt una ɔl tu gɛt bɔku tin dɛn we una ɔl tu kɔmɔn. Una ɔl tu na mɔtalman, ɛn una ɔl tu want fɔ liv gladi ɛn wɛlbɔdi layf.

Fɔ sɔpɔt ‘nyurodiversities’ ɛn fɔ mek wan envayrɔmɛnt we fit dɛn rili bɛnifit ɔlman. Wi ɔl fɔ tray fɔ gɛt sosayti usay ‘nyurodiversities’ ɛn ‘nyurotypicals’ kin gladi ikwal.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so na sɔm tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• ‘Nyurotaypik’ de tכk bכt di jεnarכl patεn we di bren fכ mכst pipul dεm de divεlכp εn fכnshכn. Nɔto mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin du fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik.
• DisNa nɔto "nɔmal" versus "abnormal" ɔ "gud" versus "bad." na jכs wan pat pan di difrεns (nyurodiversity) we de insay di mכtalman bren.
• Fɔ bi ‘nyurotaypik’ nɔ kin bi wan kwaliti fɔ ɔl yu layf. "Acquired neurodivergence" kin mek chenj na aw pɔsin in bren de wok.
• ‘nyurotaypik’ mama ɛn papa kin gɛt ‘nyurodiversant’ pikin dɛn, ɛn ‘nyurodiversant’ mama ɛn papa kin gɛt ‘nyurotaypik’ pikin dɛn.
• Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ ɔndastand, gri, ɛn rɛspɛkt di difrɛns we unasɛf gɛt. Wi ɔl fɔ op fɔ wan sosayti we go alaw difrɛns ɛn trit ɔlman ikwal.

So, a tink se yu dɔn ɔndastand di wɔd ‘nyurotaypik’ naw. We wi no tin dɛn lɛk dis, dat kin ɛp wi fɔ ɔndastand wisɛf mɔ.

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