4th of July -

[Guest guest]

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I had seen your products on the net before and I just want to thank you for

your time sharing with us here, to me, you are an inspiration. Thank you for

giving opportunities to so many. Have a very productive weekend, if I were

close to your production plant, I'd be happy to come and share some time with

you and your collaborators: not working, that is your pride and I am so

delighted for you!!! maybe just bringing some refreshments and healthy snacks

to refill the energy pack!

Blessings to you, your fellow workers and your families,

Isa

(Mexico City, mom to 5yo ASD)

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[ ] Re: Genetic Neurodivergence or Acquired

Neurodivergence?

Pride and Reality | Reality and Natural.

Some would like to perceive themselves as how one is and be ok with that. Who

would want to feel negative everyday about oneself. Self-esteem is important to

achieving so the idea of disability is potentially a hindrance with how one

feels about it.

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> I am a member of Dyspraxia group on .

> One of the members had disagreed that Dyspraxia can be a gift. He just sees it

as a disability and hindrance. He thought of himself as being dumber than most.

I tried to explain to him that many neurodivergents are very intelligent but

tend to have feelings of intellectual inadequacy because they process

information differently from most and are being compared to normal people. Then

he told me that his was caused by brain damage connected to accident. He told me

that somehow the umbilical cord got around his neck which resulted in severe

oxygen deprivation.

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> I couldn't relate to that at all. I don't have brain damage. Neurologists

examined me when I was in preschool because of my problems with coordination and

balance, and they ruled out brain damage. In 2006, Veteran Affairs neurologists

ruled out brain damage when I got examined by them. They also confirmed my

Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and ruled that it was genetic and not acquired because my

symptoms weren't progressive. They even said that they couldn't do anything for

me. After all, I had already had auditory therapy,speech therapy,phonics

training,and motor skills therapy to correct my Dyslexic,Dyspraxic issues when I

was a child. My Veteran Affairs neuropsyche tests also confirmed that I had

significant strengths in visual spatial thinking,strategic thinking,and problem

solving even though I had weaknesses in short term memory(both visual and

verbal), eye tracking, auditory processing,motor skills,and overall

coordination. A lot of people in my family have neurodivergent traits. I even

showed my mom a list of neurodivergent symptoms that Dr. Levinson wrote about,

and she told me that she had a lot of them. My aunt (my mom's half sister) told

me that she did too,and her daughter was diagnosed as having ADHD at the age of

7 because of her hyperactivity. My grandmother (my mom's stepmother) told me

that my Uncle Eddie was recommended to be medicated for being very hyperactive,

but she refused because she didn't want drugs messing up his brain. She also

said that she's hyperactive,and so was my grandfather and they weren't taking

medication for their hyperactivity. My Uncle Eddie's son, is very

hyperactive like his father. He is gifted and gets straight A's if he is

disciplined. He gets F's when he is without discipline. His father disciplines

him,and he gets straight A's again.

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> I am thinking of a nonprofit neurodiversity organization just for people that

have developmental neurodivergences and not for ones that are acquired. I

believe that ones that are acquired and created by brain damage need advocacy

too. I was told that my main life purpose is to help indigo,crystal types. I am

thinking that's referring to the genetic neurodivergents to tend have

significant strengths in certain areas and not just weaknesses as well as are

highly intelligent,ultrasensitive,and nonconformist. That's exactly how I am. I

definitely have a genetic neurodivergence.

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> Take D. ' theory for instance. He has Autism and Dyslexia. He was

labeled a Kanner's baby. He is an engineer,artist,and business man that heads an

international organization to help people with neurodivergence through his

methods.

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> This is what D. said about basic abilities connected to

neurodivergence:

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> 1. They can utilize the brain's ability to alter and create perceptions (the

primary ability)

> 2. They are highly aware of the environment.

> 3. They are more curious than average.

> 4. They think mainly in pictures instead of words.

> 5. They are highly intuitive and insightful.

> 6. They think and perceive multi-dimensionally (using all the senses)

> 7. They can experience thought as reality.

> 8. They have vivid imaginations.

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> That seems like stuff that pertains to Indigo,Crystal types

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> I can totally relate to that stuff,

> especially thinking in pictures. I visualize things in my mind's eye nonstop.

When I am doing things, I automatically see myself doing them like seeing myself

in a mirror. It's like I am turning my mind's eye onto myself. When I look at a

side of an object, I automatically visualize other sides of that object too.

Man...I go see a dentist, get a root canal or filling done, I visualize the

drill going into my tooth,seeing the inside,blood,nerves. I read a book,and it's

like watching a movie. When I am listening to people talk, it's the same way. My

mind automatically associates a word with a certain picture. When I massage a

person, I visualize the muscles and the direction of the muscle fibers. I always

visualize something before I do it

> like visualizing myself walking to the door,putting my hand on the door knob

and opening the door before I actually do it. It's just an automatic thing that

I do.

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> I go to a club and visualize my dance moves in my head as well as visualize

myself dancing in front of myself before I carry out my actual dance moves.

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> When I was a little child, I had no ability to think in words. I had to be

taught to do that through the special education therapies that I had. Verbal

thinking didn't come natural to me like it did with most children. Therefore, I

had problems with overall language.

> My mother told me that she thinks the same as I do as in thinking in

pictures,visualizing things in her mind's eye nonstop. She is even right-handed

but left ear dominant and left eye dominant just like myself. She has the same

cross dominance like myself. So my neurological processes are definitely

genetic.

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> I can totally relate to what D is talking about. It seems that

there are neurodivergents that can't relate. Those might be the ones that have

acquired neurodivergence.

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> I can't help thinking that there is an issue with ADHDers with the DRD4 7R

types (novelty-seeking types) getting looped up with ADHDers whose ADHD was

caused by other things like vitamin/mineral deficiencies, fetal alcohol

syndrome,food sensitivities/allergies, omega 3 fatty acid deficiencies,heavy

metal poisoning,toxins.

> I can totally relate to the novelty-seeking traits of DRD4 7R gene. I see

these novelty-seeking traits throughout my whole family. Could it be possible

that psychiatric community believes that ADHDers need to be medicated based on

the acquired ADHDers and not the genetic ADHDers? I believe that is the case.

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> Autism is another one. There are low functioning autistics and high

functioning ones. Some of the nonverbal autistics that have been thought as

being mentally retarded are actually very intelligent with strong visual spatial

problem solving skills, suggesting complexity in thinking. They are not just

rigid types that are paying extreme attention to details like it was once

thought. Autistic traits tend to run in families too. Some people believe that

vaccines are causing autism. Maybe that is true but for only the low functioning

autistics. I don't believe that brain damage linked to vaccines would cause high

intelligence with strong visual problem solving skills,nor complex thinking.

That makes no sense to me. Scientists have already found genes and spontaneous

genetic mutations connected to autism. Genetic mutations make a lot of sense.

That is how we humans evolved and branched into various haplogroups and

subclades. For instance, I belong to Haplogroup J with J1c subclade on the

matrilineal line.

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> Some Dyslexics acquire their Dyslexia through glue ear which causes problems

with their hearing. This makes it difficult for them to process sounds in

words,and so leads to problems with listening,reading,and speaking. This is

completely different from a Dyslexic who has problems with language due to the

right hemisphere being always being overactive and interfering with left

hemisphere processing. This is true for me. I continuously think in

pictures,visualizing in my mind's eye (right hemisphere) and that includes when

I am reading,listening,speaking,and writing (left hemisphere). As for my

hearing, I was asked if I need ear plugs when I go to sleep. My auditory

processing issues used to include auditory reversals, but they now just

including memory and speech input lags, and some confusion at times as well as

problems with strings of words.

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> I can't help wondering that what New Age people think are Indigo,Crystal types

are actually the genetic neurodivergents including even people with spontaneous

genetic mutations. They are different from acquired neurodivergents whose issues

were acquired by certain things like ear infections/glue ear,heavy metal

poisoning,vaccines,Omega 3 fatty acid deficiencies,as well as overall brain

damage of some kind. It's very possible that the genetic neurodivergents are

getting the short end of the stick based on being judged by how acquired

neurodivergents are.

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> My nonprofit organization would be about genetic neurodivergence because it is

something that I can strongly relate to. Acquired neurodivergence is not

something that I can relate to. Talking about neurodivergence having certain

strengths won't apply to them. Even saying that neurodivergence can be a gift

would totally rub them the wrong way. It would be like saying polio or cancer is

a gift. Some Dyspraxics in the group have already done that in group. I

could understand some people telling me that ADHD is disorder and calling me

" stupid " because I disagree with their views. That's already happened. Maybe

they are right. Maybe it's the acquired ADHD that is a disorder but genetic ADHD

isn't. Because of the overlap with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, I believe that some

ADHDers could also be misdiagnosed Dyslexics and Dyspraxics.

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> I believe that the Indigo,Crystal types aren't just people that fall under

genetic neurodivergences of Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD,Autism. I believe that these

are also types that are just gifted but don't conform to mainstream

environments. I also believe that some of the schizophrenics and bipolars are

misdiagnosed Indigo,Crystal types too. After all, metaphysical stuff isn't

recognized by psychiatric,scientific communities. Astronomical community totally

look down on Astrology. It's not far-fetched that many Indigo,Crystal types are

misdiagnosed as bipolars,schizophrenics for talking about their beliefs and

perceptions. I believe that bipolar and schizophrenia have other causes that

include not only vitamin/mineral deficiencies but also certain things like

drugs,toxins,and even pyroluria. Even taking psychiatric medications could

ironically cause bipolar,schizophrenic symptoms. Indigo,Crystal types are

ultrasensitive, and so they would be hypersensitive to medications which could

lead to certain side effects. Heck..taking a little Paxil or Effexor gave me

temporary impotence.

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> Neurodivergence isn't cut and dry.

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