#they dont describe the core of the condition (which is just a particular neurosystem--everything else is secondary)

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sometimes someone seems autistic and they're literally. just Asian. western medicine does this.

#signs #disorder #stick out #this is a critique #btw #like does neurodivergence need to necessarily be pathologized? #does disability? do we Need to pathologize the human condition? #idk maybe #we can def do smn Better tho....that facilitates more understanding and not just... separation (at best) #anyway thinking ab this lately just cause like. #so when i really figured my shit out in undergrad. i realized i want to go into health and healing #but i wanted a huamnistic perspective and not a pathologizing one #bottom-up so to speak. to appreciate the variety of humanity and alleviate suffering within that framework #so i went into communicationd with concentration in culture and disability #and in this specific instance some of autism (truly i don't think they are Symptoms bc they do not... #like. these traits are not inherent to the condition we just often display them but theyre secondary #they dont describe the core of the condition (which is just a particular neurosystem--everything else is secondary) #but is inherently smn culturally abnormal (theoretically harmful or at least disruptive) #common autistic behaviours like avoiding eye contact; low affect; high or low volume; reservedness #these are Common Traits of Asian cultures! ( #obviously Most of the world is Asian so there is CONSIDERABLE variation. but the pt being that these are only abnormal from a WESTERN pov #(also I'm in the United States so i am in particular thinking about Asian Americans but this also applies to like intl interaction) #(like... idk a tiktoker from Hong Kong that ppl think is Autistic who may be allistic) #(also I'm not tryna say only westerners/usa be autistic and Asians can't LMAO) #(its a Human neurotype. just the things that depend on what is circumstantially normative) #anyway.......... hello to the 3 ppl who will see this #actually autistic #mine #critical cultural studies #coms