Why isn’t there more activism from neurodivergent people? --- u/Primary-User (Reddit)
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 1835, Joseph Turner. CMA Open Access. Verbatim ~ Most activism runs on energy, crowds, slogans, confrontation. Neurodivergent people, including those with ASD, live in a different kind of economy: one of limited energy, constant adaptation, and daily triage. What looks like silence from the outside is often survival on the inside. A protest that energises some people can completely disable others. Noise, unpredictability, and crowds are physical barriers for many of us. The irony is that the traditional language of activism is built around the very things that push us out of the room. So our activism moves differently. It is quieter, slower, and more systemic. It happens in threads that explain sensory overload to employers, in open source toolkits for accessible workplaces, in policy submissions, and in community resource sheets. It is activism by endurance, not adrenaline. But there is another layer. Neurodivergent is a...