Yu ɛn yu pikin de tink difrɛn we? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Nyurodivaysiti!

Yu dɔn ɛva notis se sɔm pipul dɛn we de arawnd wi, sɔntɛm wi yon pikin, wi padi, ɔ ivin wisɛf, kin tink ɛn du tin difrɛn smɔl pas ɔda pipul dɛn? Sɔntɛnde wi kin luk dɛn difrɛns ya as fɔlt ɔ wikɛd tin. Bɔt yu tink se dɛn tin ya rili wik? Ɔ na jɔs natura l difrɛns dɛn na di we aw wi bren de wok? Na di impɔtant kɔnsɛpt we wi de tɔk bɔt tide. Dɛn kɔl am Nyurodaivasiti .

Udat na "neurodivergent" pɔsin?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na fayn aidia. Di wɔd nyurodayvɛsiti bin fɔs kam insay di let 1990 dɛm bay Judy Singer, wan soshiɔlɔjis we bin gɛt ɔtizm. I bin tɔk se sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we wi de gro, lɛk ADHD ɛn ɔtizm, nɔto rili sik, bɔt na tin we kin chenj na wi bren. Dat min se nɔto ɔlman in bren na di sem. Sɔm pipul dɛn bren kin wok difrɛn we smɔl. Da difrɛns de de gi dɛn prɔblɛm dɛn, bɔt i de gi dɛn spɛshal trɛnk ɛn abiliti dɛn bak .

Tink bɔt am dis we. Yu pikin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ pe atɛnshɔn (ADHD). I kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ bigin ɛn dɔn di wok dɛn di rayt tɛm. Bɔt we yu aks am fɔ mek nyu tin, drɔ pikchɔ, ɔ kam wit difrɛn we fɔ sɔlv prɔblɛm, na in na di pikin we gɛt sɛns pas ɔlman na di klas. I nɔ de fred fɔ tɔk wetin de na in maynd. Na dat na di men tin fɔ dis kɔnsɛpt. Fɔ si di trɛnk dɛn we ayd pan wetin tan lɛk wikɛd tin dɛn.

sεvεra men kכndishכn dεm de we jεnarali de fכl כnda di כmbrela fכ Nyurodayvεrsiti.

Aw dis tin kin afɛkt skul ɛn edyukeshɔn?

Ilɛksɛf na skul ɔ yunivasiti, nɔto ɔl studɛnt na di sem. Ɛni studɛnt gɛt difrɛn we aw i de lan. Sɔm studɛnt dɛn kin lan bay we dɛn de lisin. Ɔda wan dɛn bay we dɛn de rayt. Sɔm dɛn nid fɔ lan bay we dɛn de du. Bɔt bɔku tɛm dɛn kin mek wi edyukeshɔn sistɛm fɔ fit di "avrej" pikin we de tink ɛn du di sem we.

Bikɔs ɔf dis, di nyurodivɛrjɛnt pikin dɛn we de tink difrɛn we kin lɔs bɔku tɛm. Dɛn kin kɔl dɛn "unlearnable," "stupid," "lazy." Bɔt di kɔnsɛpt fɔ nyurodivaysiti de luk ɔl dɛn pikin ya difrɛn we. I tan lɛk big nɛt, i kin kech ɔl dɛn pikin ya.

Naw, na bɔku say dɛm na di wɔl, mɔ na yunivasiti dɛm, pipul dɛn kin yuz di wɔd "Nyurodiversity" instead ɔf di wɔd "disability." Dis min se wi kin stɔp fɔ tɔk nɔmɔ bɔt di tin dɛn we pikin nɔ ebul fɔ du ɛn pe atɛnshɔn pan di wan ol tin dɛn we dɛn ebul fɔ du ɛn di difrɛns dɛn we dɛn gɛt . Dis kin inklud pikin dɛm we gɛt disabiliti we dɛn dɔn pruv na di mɛrɛsin, ɛn pikin dɛm we nɔ gɛt da kayn disabiliti de bɔt we gɛt sɔm difrɛns.

Rum de fɔ nyurodiversity na di wokples?

Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant. Pɔsin we gɛt nyurodivɛrjɛnt trayt kin gɛt big prɔblɛm we i kam pan wok. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gɛt fɔ tray tranga wan fɔ ajɔst to di say we dɛn de wok. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if di nɔys we de rawnd dɛn de mek dɛn nɔ de pe atɛnshɔn, dɛn fɔ fɛn we fɔ kɔntrol am. Dɛn fɔ de tink ɔltɛm bɔt aw dɛn de tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn ɛn aw dɛn de biev.

Dis ekstra tray ɛvride kin gɛt big impak pan dɛn maynd ɛn bɔdi wɛlbɔdi as tɛm de go, ɛn kin ridyus dɛn efyushɔn na wokples bak.

Bɔt if di mɔdan wokples dɛn embras di kɔnsɛpt fɔ Nyuro DIV ersity, dis sityueshɔn kin chenj kɔmplit wan. If lida dɛn no dis, dɛn kin mek ples fɔ wok we go fayn fɔ ɔlman.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du as edman fɔ wan institiushɔn

• Krio wok we go fayn fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt difrɛn abiliti: Krio wok we go fayn fɔ ɛnibɔdi in trɛnk, pas fɔ put ɔlman na di sem kategori.
• Gi di say we yu de wok we yu go ebul fɔ du: Tek tɛm we yu de wok, usay yu de wok (lɛk fɔ wok frɔm os), ɛn aw yu de wok.
• Mek wan wok plan we go wɛlkɔm ɔlman: Gɛt wan opin ɛn fleksibul polisi bɔt usay, ustɛm, ɛn aw yu de wok.

Lɛ wi luk pan di tin dɛn we wi ebul fɔ du instead fɔ di tin dɛn we wi nɔ ebul fɔ du!

Di men tin we di kɔnsɛpt fɔ nyurodivaysiti min na dat, instead fɔ pe atɛnshɔn nɔmɔ pan di wikɛd tin dɛm we kin kam wit di kɔndishɔn dɛm lɛk ADHD ɛn ɔtizm , wi fɔ luk fɔ dɛn trɛnk ɛn mek rum fɔ dɛm.

Ivin risach dɔn fɛn tru tin dɛn bɔt dis.

• Pan ɔl we pipul dɛn we gɛt ADHD kin traŋa, dɛn kin ebul fɔ mek tin dɛn bak, dɛn kin gɛt maynd, ɛn dɛn kin gɛt sɔri-at . Dɛn gɛt di wɔndaful abiliti bak fɔ hyper-focus pan sɔntin we dɛn lɛk fɔ lɔng tɛm.
• Pipul wae gɛt ɔtizm gɛt wan wɔndaful abiliti fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to kɔmpleks ditil dɛm . Dɛn gɛt rili ay mɛmori pawa . Dɛn kin gi wɔndaful kɔntribyushɔn to tin dɛn lɛk kɔmpyuta program ɛn myuzik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan bigman pan myuzik we nem Mozart bin gɛt wɔndaful myuzik mɛmori ɛn i bin ebul fɔ no ɛni not wit absolyut pitch.
• Pipul wae gɛt dislɛksia kin ebul fɔ ɔndastand sɔm tin wae dɛn kin si fayn fayn wan pas nɔrmal pipul dɛm.Sɔm tin de we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ du. Dis abiliti rili valyu fɔ wok dɛn lɛk injinɛri ɛn kɔmpyuta grafik dizayn.

Sayɛnsman dɛm tink se di jin dɛm we gɛt fɔ du wit dɛn tin ya we dɛn kɔl "wiknɛs" kin pas frɔm jɛnɛreshɔn to jɛnɛreshɔn bikɔs dɛn bin gɛt ɛvolushɔn advantej. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wi gret gret granpa dɛn go dɔn ɛp dɛn bikɔs dɛn bin de du tin pasmak ɛn dɛn nɔ bin de tek tɛm fɔ fɛn tin fɔ it ɛn rɔnawe pan denja.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we de arawnd dis kɔnsɛpt?

Pan ɔl we dis kɔnsɛpt gud, nɔto ɔlman gri wit am. Sɔm, mɔr lɛk di wan dɛm wae gɛt siriɔs sik lɛk ɔtizm ɛn dɛn famili, biliv tranga wan se dis nɔr simpul lɛk aw i tan, ɛn dis na tru tru disabled wae de mek dɛn layf de pan denja.

Dɔn bak, di we aw pipul dɛn kin lɛk fɔ introduks dɛnsɛf kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin lɛk fɔ se "wokman wit ɔtizm." Ɔda pipul dɛn kin lɛk fɔ introduks dɛnsɛf as "A na ɔtistik wokman."

Di ɔda impɔtant tin na dat pan ɔl we nyurodiversity nɔto disabiliti, bikɔs wi sosayti, skul, ɛn wokples nɔ dɔn adap yet to dɛn difrɛns ya , dɛn pipul ya stil de pan disabled. So, sɔm pipul dɛn kin lɛk fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ kip di aydentiti fɔ "disabiliti" as fɔ no se dɛn gɛt da prɔblɛm de.

Ɔl dis de mɛmba wi se wi stil de na di biginin fɔ dis waka. Na wi wok fɔ ɔndastand dis fayn fayn difrɛns we de na mɔtalman bren ɛn mek wan wɔl usay dɛn ɔl go ebul fɔ liv wit rɛspɛkt ɛn sɔpɔt. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ dawt bɔt yu pikin, ɔr yusɛf, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am ɛn gɛt di rayt ɔndastandin ɛn gayd.