How 2010 year ended for DNA Facebook group

January 4, 2011

Developmental Neurodiversity Association (DNA) facebook group ended the year

with 1,777 members since its creation on June 3, 2010. It went past its goal of

1,000 members for the end of year.

The whole point behind Developmental Neurodiversity Association (DNA) is that a

different mind is not a deficient mind. It's not about promoting a

disability,handicap,or something that is wrong and broken with the person.

It is for people who have genetic neurodivergence. That's why made the name the

way it is with DNA as its acronym, suggesting " genetic "

It is not made for people have acquired neurodiverent symptoms through things

like brain damage,toxins, nutritional deficiencies,and other things.

The problem is that they lump genetic neurodivergence and acquired

neurodivergence together and believe that they have the same causes and are

looked and treated the same.

That goes with both conventional and alternative medical views of these

neurodivergent conditions.

Both conventional and alternative health practitioners don't consider that

neurodivergence is connected to strengths and not just weaknesses.

DNA was made for people who fit with what is called twice/dual exceptional

(gifted and disabled). I fit with twice/dual exceptional. I know what it's like

to viewed as

intellectually handicapped at points in my life and as gifted in other points of

my life because of the paradox nature of being twice/dual exceptional with my

Dyslexia,Dyspraxia,ADHD. Many people with neurodivergent conditions fit with the

twice/dual exceptional. They get lumped with others that have acquired

neurodivergence.

Dr. Temple Grandin has genetic autism, and she believes that autism can be

caused by environmental insults interacting with genetics. She believes that's a

totally different form of autism than what she and many of her fellow autistics

have. It's not fair that genetic autistics are viewed the same way as acquired

autistics.

I acknowledge the genetic neurodivergence for the sake of the neurodiversity

community, but I also acknowledge acquired neurodivergence for the sake of the

biomed community.

Neurodiversity community doesn't want genetic neurodivergence to be viewed as

something wrong and needs to be fixed,and the biomed community doesn't want

acquired neurodivergence to be viewed as something that's not wrong and doesn't

need to be fixed.

I am looking forward to what's in store for DNA this year.

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