Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney talks about how society needs to move away from the moralization of atypical brains and bodies to a more science-based understanding of what drives people’s challenges.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says that we should be asking “What’s the school’s problem?” or “What’s the work environment’s problem?” in a world where normal is good and right and difference is deficient.
Dr. Gabrieli hopes that by approaching dyslexia in an objective and scientific manner, dyslexia will lose its stigma and be seen simply as another element of human diversity.
Throughout history, the word and social construct of “normal” has perpetuated the marginalization of whole swaths of human beings including black and brown people, indigenous populations, people who identify as LGBTQ+, and people with atypical brains and bodies.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney talks about being treated like the “stupid, crazy, lazy” kid because of his dyslexia and ADHD and how a more equitable and inclusive education system — and world — would be a game changer in the short and long term for kids with learning differences.