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Not all people are the same.

Their differences make them better suited to some jobs than others.

Neurodiversity is a useless reframing of something exceptionally simple.



Maybe it’s become politicised or fetishized and we need a new word again. But yeah, that was kinda my point. Hire people that thrive in that environment.


What's a better word?


innate personality types?


Autism...


That is really not what I meant. I meant that people have a variety of innate cognitive strengths and weaknesses, similar to physical strengths and weaknesses. Clinical autism and other disorders are when a cognitive trait becomes so extreme that it represents a significant obstacle to normal functioning in the context of your cultural environment.




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