We were so inspired by this video from last nights Neurodiversity Seminar – we hope you are too!

“Across history there has been a tendency for human beings to fear our differences. To equate difference with defectiveness, or even label our differences as disorders. We think that it is time for us to rethink the way we view our differences. We think that it is time for us to recognise that difference represents diversity, and this diversity is vital to our collective wellbeing. The more genetic diversity there is among us, the better we are able to continually adapt to our environment, as it changes and evolves…

Humans think, feel, perceive, process, and experience the world in vastly different ways. This beautiful diversity of human minds with infinite variations, traits, and abilities is known as neurodiversity.

There are minds that sense the most subtle changes in the environment. Minds that have a determined sense of social justice and minds that can create stories in worlds that most of us can only read about. There are minds that seek patterns to process and synthesise. There are minds that crave words, or numbers, or images. There are busy minds, and quiet minds, highly focused minds, and distractable minds. There are minds that think deeply, and feel intensely.

When we value neurodiversity as a form of genetic diversity as part of the biodiversity of planet earth, we start to value our differences, and see that they do not require curing, treating or masking. We see that our differences can be accepted, appreciated and respected. We start to support each other to find a place in this world, and flourish as individuals, while increasing the resilience of humanity as a whole!”

Samson and Bulluss Psychology