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The term neurodiversity was coined by Judy Singer in 1998. A lot has changed in the two decades since that first essay about neurological differences was published in The Atlantic . The neurodiversity movement has burgeoned through grassroots organization among people interested in social change. It's gradually making space for itself in government, research, and education . As Steve Silberman argues in his book Neuro-Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity , “Neurodiversity advocates propose that instead of viewing this gift as an error of nature—a puzzle to be solved and eliminated with techniques like prenatal testing and selective abortion—society should regard it as a valuable part of humanity’s genetic legacy while ameliorating aspects of autism that can be profoundly disabling without adequate forms of support.” Philosophically, the neurodiversity movement is based on what we might call cerebral pluralism—the idea that each brain is … [Read more...] about Neurodiversity: The Movement

You’ve probably heard about MyHeritage.com‘s DeepNostalgia service that animates photos of faces. That yellowing portrait of great grandma’s face now blinks, angles her head up and down, glances sideways, grows a wisp of a smile. People are reporting being quite moved by this reanimation of lost loved ones, which does not surprise me since the tech is so good at what it does. Here’s a sample: Very impressive… …and not uncanny, as in “The Uncanny Valley ” in which a simulated person falls creepily short of being lifelike in some inexpressible way. You could definitely fool me with these. Deep Nostalgia instead plunges us into the next valley beyond the uncanny one (and connected to it), because while taken one at a time, they’re very convincing, there’s something off about them after you’ve seen a bunch of them. Take a look at this thread of artworks and famous photos animated using DeepNostalgia. and see if you reacted the way I did. Ok, welcome back! :) I … [Read more...] about The Uncanny Stepford Valley

Source: Pixabay As I celebrate 12 years of full recovery from schizophrenia , I no longer consider myself to be “mentally ill.” Instead, I think of myself as mentally healthy, in remission, and recovered. I have not been hospitalized since 2008. At that time, I began taking an underutilized antipsychotic medication that essentially saved my life. My parents were key in my recovery, never giving up, even when my doctors did. Full recovery was never expected to happen for me. When I was first diagnosed with schizophrenia, within less than a week of meeting me, my psychiatrist told me I was permanently and totally disabled. Even though he had not had time to try other treatments, he had very low expectations. The idea of thinking outside the box and using an underutilized medication to get me well was never on the table. During my first hospitalization, three things were totally new to me. One was meeting with a psychiatrist, or as I thought of him, a “shrink.” The … [Read more...] about Schizophrenia: Breaking Down Barriers During COVID-19