My 7 year old questioned why a certain footballer has thick dark black hair – explained how human bodies adapted to where their ancestors settled. Explainging pangea to evolution to the kid was quite a feat for my mind. & I felt I had nailed the day.
But curious kid had more questions for me. Now he wanted to understand why his teen cousin keeps giggling and not indulge in usual conversation or games. He is autistic hence communication is not a well developed skill but is able bodied enough to cycle and swim. But my kid wasn’t convinced that his brain is wired differently as he couldn’t apparently see any factors contributing to it. Now that’s the challenge with neurodiversity, it’s invisible and it’s causal factors are difficult to pin-point. If kids can’t wrap their heads around it, neither would adults. We have a long way to go as humankind in making this diversity a mainstream agenda for greater equity.
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