“works” is doing some heavy lifting here. ND people having to mask is stressful. It’s not for our primary benefit, it’s for others. It’ “works” the same way that beatings “work” to prevent left-handedness.
Eye contact and doing well in school aren’t for my benefit. I don’t particularly care if you look me in the eye, but we as a species perceive it as a sign of attentiveness, empathy, trustworthyness - on an unconscious level. Which is different from being wary of left-handed people, since that was mostly to do with believing retarded church rhetoric and making a choice to discriminate based on it, rather than instinctual reading of body language making you not trust someone if they don’t look you in the eye. And I don’t think I need to explain why doing well in school isn’t for others’ benefit.
We all wear a mask in public. Yours may cover different things than mine, but let’s not pretend you’re the only group of people wearing one.
But all that is irrelevant. All I said is, it shouldn’t be advertised that “my parents beat the ADHD out of me and it somewhat worked to make me fit into society”.
“Everyone is wearing a mask” is papering over the fact that for some that mask weighs way heavier and does damage to their mental health. Masking ND is not the same as having to put on a nice face when you don’t actually feel like it.
“works” is doing some heavy lifting here. ND people having to mask is stressful. It’s not for our primary benefit, it’s for others. It’ “works” the same way that beatings “work” to prevent left-handedness.
Eye contact and doing well in school aren’t for my benefit. I don’t particularly care if you look me in the eye, but we as a species perceive it as a sign of attentiveness, empathy, trustworthyness - on an unconscious level. Which is different from being wary of left-handed people, since that was mostly to do with believing retarded church rhetoric and making a choice to discriminate based on it, rather than instinctual reading of body language making you not trust someone if they don’t look you in the eye. And I don’t think I need to explain why doing well in school isn’t for others’ benefit.
We all wear a mask in public. Yours may cover different things than mine, but let’s not pretend you’re the only group of people wearing one.
But all that is irrelevant. All I said is, it shouldn’t be advertised that “my parents beat the ADHD out of me and it somewhat worked to make me fit into society”.
You have to remove the ableist slurs
“Everyone is wearing a mask” is papering over the fact that for some that mask weighs way heavier and does damage to their mental health. Masking ND is not the same as having to put on a nice face when you don’t actually feel like it.