This is one of my heavier streams of consciousness from my substack.

https://www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/neuronormative-oppression-and-how?r=2anro9

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurofuturism #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuronormativity #Neurodiversity

My subscription platform where I explore my more personal and philosophically oriented thoughts is slowly building.

https://www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/finding-my-self-in-queered-realities?r=2anro9

#ActuallyAutistic #neuronormativity #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuroqueering #neurodiversity

#NaNoWriMo says condemning the use of #LLMs is ableist, but we know that LLMs regurgitate dominant perspectives, biases, and styles. These biases include whiteness, heteronormativity, and, yes, #neuronormativity. This hegemonic reinforcement is unavoidable because they're trained on massive, indiscriminately-scraped datasets. Given the social dominance of these biases, they form the bulk of the models' training.

By saying that LLMs are useful, enabling writing tools for neurodiverse peoples - whether for text generation, editing, or review - they're implying, whether intentional or not, that the purpose of accommodation is conforming to neuronormative, ableist standards. This is not enablement, it's erasure. It's a condemnation of #neurodiversity as a pathology that should be masked; that assimilation is how we should overcome adversity and disability. It reinforces neuronormativity and #ableism, just as LLMs do.

Our society disables people. From the infrastructures that shape our means of interaction to the conventions that embody them, we favor an idealized form of humanity that reflects the racial, gendered, ableist, classist power imbalances that dominate us. LLMs are not cognizant of this. They're not cognizant of anything. They're probabilistic next word guessers, and the most probable next word in our society is one that enables power and disables the powerless.

Fuck LLMs. Don't let these assholes use us to hype their grift. Remember that TESCREALism is eugenicist, and that this characterization of accommodation plays right into eugenicist ideas about eliminating neurodiverse peoples. tl;dr: eat shit NaNoWriMo.

Right now you can purchase the pre-recorded short presentation "What is neuronormativity?" for £1 to watch whenever you wish to. Don't miss out!

https://emergentdivergence.com/product/what-is-neuronormativity-presentation-recording/

#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #audhd #neuronormativity

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

Dear Cuckoos,

I'm talking about those cuckoos who like to espouse extreme position, and oftentimes also like to tell other how to live their lives. I've not tossed away the shackles of heteronormativity, mononormativity, and neuronormativity, only to start entertaining other dogmas.

If I see too much dogma spewed at me, it hurts my mental health. Self-care in this case means muting you, or blocking you.

Sincerely,
Your Autistic Life

#cuckoos #dogma #heteronormativity #mononormativity #neuronormativity #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic

Neurodivergence and Normality: The meaning of words

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/02/11/neurodivergence-and-normality-the-meaning-of-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neurodivergence-and-normality-the-meaning-of-words

#AutisticCommunity #NeuroqueerTheory #actuallyautistic #neuronormativity #neuroqueertheory #autisticculture #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neuronormative #Neurofuturism #Neuroqueering #neurofuturism #actuallyadhd #essentialism #adhd

Neuroqueering religion and the liberation of human spirituality

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/02/04/neuroqueering-religion-and-the-liberation-of-human-spirituality/

#normativeviolence #organisedreligion #NeuroqueerTheory #actuallyautistic #neuronormativity #neuroqueertheory #systemicviolence #marginalisation #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neuronormative #Neuroqueering #Spirituality #Christianity #marginalised #normativity #liberation #neuroqueer #oppression #oppressive #liberated

Cure culture and normative attitudes towards Autistic people

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/01/08/cure-culture-and-normative-attitudes-towards-autistic-people/

#NeuroqueerTheory #neuronormativity #AutisticRights #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neuronormative #HarmfulCures #normativity #oppression #existence #normative #actually #autistic #existing #Society #ableism #ableist #bigotry #culture #curists #Autism #curist #bigot #cures #cure

Don't forget to add my book to your christmas list! OrPerhaps you know an Autistic person who wants to feel seen?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BL6RX885

@actuallyautistic @bookstodon #actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #adhd #audhd #adhder #audhder #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #autisticauthor #authors #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #neuronormativity #neuroqueer #neuroqueerness #mentalhealth

Neuroqueer: Dismantling our internalised ableism

https://emergentdivergence.com/2022/12/13/neuroqueer-dismantling-our-internalised-ableism/

#AutisticWellbeing #NeuroqueerTheory #neuronormativity #neurodivergence #AutisticRights #constructivism #neurodiversity #neuroqueerness #AutisticPride #Neuroqueering #internalised #marginalised #neuroqeering #normativity #neuroqueer #oppression #ourselves #actually #autistic #equation #identity #systemic #Society #ableism #bigotry #culture #mutiply

So I have some presentations available for purchase on my website-

-Understanding #Autistic Wellbeing
-#Neuronormativity: What is it?
-#Autism 101: Understanding why Autistic people may become #addicted to #substances

They can be purchased individually on my website at https://dghneurodivergentconsultancy.co.uk/presentations-and-talks/

Alternatively, you can access all my presentations through the Patron tier on my #Patreon here
patreon.com/user?u=82296416

@Oniricollector @bookstodon @actuallyautistic it's an anthology of essays regarding #neuronormativity in #society and how that impacts on #Autistic #identity and #wellbeing

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @autisticbookclub

This is my newly published essay anthology.

In this book I explore #neuronormativity in #society and how it effects #Autistic #identity and #culture.

I explore my own journey to finding my Self and I consider how we might dismantle the #oppressive structures in society and make a better, more inclusive world.

#actuallyautistic #autism #autisticauthor #bookstodon #author #adhd #audhd #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurocosmopolitanism