April 14, 2004
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DANDA: Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association
I'd fault them for the obtuse name if they weren't saying interesting things. They're more focused on dyspraxia, but there's a lot of overlap with Asperger's Syndrome.
Raise the neuro-diversity banner! Woo! And I love this quote from their FAQ:
The norms of ‘easy’ and ‘difficult’ tend not to work for [the neurologically-divergent], and in many cases are actually reversed. For some, complex mathematical analysis is ‘a walk in the park’, where an actual walk in the park can be a nightmare.
Compare/contrast with: Aspergia.
Comments (3)
This is such a great quote. Thanks for the links.
I like that quote, too. Instead of accepting that some people don't, and shouldn't, fit the norm, they keep trying to make everyone "normal." It's such hypocracy. If you can't do math, you're abnormal. If you can't "walk in the park," you're abnormal. No one can win, except by trying to become no one.
I spent a bunch of time with both these sites this morning. My sense is that I like DANDA's attitude more, but thanks for both.
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