Jonathan Mooney
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829 appearances
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first heard Jun 2021
last heard Dec 2024
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And you're right to name uh a critical inflection point.
in uh the acting differently towards young folks who learn differently is do we see them through a lens and use language that has its historical origin through a medical pathology model, or do we see it through the lens of a diversity model?
And those two different ways to see, talk, make sense of the world leads us down radically different paths.
You know, the the the medicalization of of neurodiversity uh has historically led us down the path of the remediation of neurodiversity.
You know, there's a problem in a person, so what do we go do?
Well, we spend our time fixing the person.
Uh and that's been the sort of system that we've had embodied in, you know, special education.
Uh it's embedded in our knowledge.
I mean, the most popular course at any university is abnormal psychology.
It's embedded in our professions, you know, the helping professions, uh, psychology, psychiatry, uh, and beyond.
And it's not uh done maliciously, but I do think it has.
has uh a negative effect on people because when you think of yourself as deficient, well, there you go.
uh different is a better way to see yourself.
So that idea of of atypical brains and bodies opposed to deficient brains and bodies, that idea of neurodiversity opposed to learning disabilities, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, you know, that is the most important shift that we can make.
A lot of organizations, uh legacy organizations, are stuck in the past.
And look, I understand where that comes from.
Because you know, organizations like the Learning Disabilities Association of America, they emerged in a time in which it was important to claim disability and to acknowledge that young folks weren't stupid, crazy, lazy, but had an internal limitation, right?
So it was helpful in that moment to carve out a space and say, hey, this is real.
You know, we're not making it up.
It's not a stupid kid, it's a brain deficiency.
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