OK but now I’m done explaining.
How nice would it be if neurotypicals got curious about neurodivergence the way we’re expected to study them just to survive a conversation?
It’s tiring. The overexplaining. The translating yourself in real time for someone who isn’t even wondering what your world looks like.
Here’s the thing: the world you see through your eyes isn’t the same world someone else sees through theirs. That’s not a flaw. That’s the whole point.
It only takes one of two people to build a bridge and both stand to gain enormously from the crossing. However, without that curiosity, the gap between two minds becomes either an opportunity or a divide.
That’s a choice and we all have it.
I hope critical thinking and genuine curiosity are things we develop and pass on. Because the next generation deserves better than “why can’t you just be normal?”
They deserve “tell me what it’s like where you are.”
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