I really appreciated this piece, especially the way Mamood describes how neurodiversity is too often treated as an “add-on” rather than a fundamental part of human experience. The line about difference being positioned as an afterthought — “treated as additions, accommodations, or afterthoughts rather than fundamental aspects of human experience” — captures something I’ve seen across decades of living inside an autistic nervous system and watching how helping professions frame us.
I also resonated with the emphasis on embedding neuro‑context from day one. In my own work, I spend a lot of time examining autistic traits and patterns and thinking about what can actually help, so the idea of designing curricula that assume variation rather than retrofit it later feels both overdue and hopeful. The vision of training built around “variation in minds, bodies, experiences, and ways of relating” aligns closely with what many autistic adults have been trying to articulate for years.
Thank you for your feedback and glad to hear it resonated. If your in a position please share far and wide. Also we have an advocacy group with tutors and others if its of further interest.
I really appreciated this piece, especially the way Mamood describes how neurodiversity is too often treated as an “add-on” rather than a fundamental part of human experience. The line about difference being positioned as an afterthought — “treated as additions, accommodations, or afterthoughts rather than fundamental aspects of human experience” — captures something I’ve seen across decades of living inside an autistic nervous system and watching how helping professions frame us.
I also resonated with the emphasis on embedding neuro‑context from day one. In my own work, I spend a lot of time examining autistic traits and patterns and thinking about what can actually help, so the idea of designing curricula that assume variation rather than retrofit it later feels both overdue and hopeful. The vision of training built around “variation in minds, bodies, experiences, and ways of relating” aligns closely with what many autistic adults have been trying to articulate for years.
Thank you for your feedback and glad to hear it resonated. If your in a position please share far and wide. Also we have an advocacy group with tutors and others if its of further interest.