Our friends and allies at Randimals have a saying,
What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.
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We agree.
Randimals are made up of two different animals which means they are a unique blend of personalities, characteristics, instincts and skills.
The heart of the Randimals story is about celebrating difference. It’s about recognizing that we are all unique and that we all have something extremely wonderful and special to offer.
About The Randimals
You don’t fit in here.
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Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
A Thousand Rivers — Carol Black
To face the challenges of the future, we’ll need the problem-solving abilities of different types of minds working together.
The Best Autism Books, recommended by Steve Silberman
Pluralism
Pluralism refers to people of diverse and conflicting beliefs coexisting peaceably, linked by their adherence to a shared social contract which commits members of different groups to treating others fairly… More is our reality.
ReframeWhen we successfully reframe public discourse, we change the way the public sees the world. We change what counts as common sense. Because language activates frames, new language is required… More these states of being that have been labelled deficiencies or pathologies as human differences.
Normal Sucks: Author Jonathan Mooney on How Schools Fail Kids with Learning Differences
Finding our communityWhat I have always been hoping to accomplish is the creation of community.Community is magic. Community is power. Community is resistance.Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-First-Person-Stories-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B082ZQBL98/ https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-Adapted-Young-Adults-ebook/dp/B08VFT4R9T/... More, our mob you might say, This is our family, where we can work and play
There is nothing more human than play. Humans were designed to learn in play. In fact, nearly all mammals evolved this way.Play's Power At our learning space, we provide learners fresh... More. Here among these people, as aliens we bring, This is where my heart can rest
We urgently need a society that's better at letting people get the rest they need.Fergus Murray WIP by Kristina Daniele I’m in pain. Mental. Physical. The result’s the same. Retreating... More, and my soul can sing. Yes I am autistic
Autistic ways of being are human neurological variants that can not be understood without the social model of disability.If you are wondering whether you are Autistic, spend time amongst Autistic people, online and offline. If... More, ADHD
ADHD or what I prefer to call Kinetic Cognitive Style (KCS) is another good example. (Nick Walker coined this alternative term.) The name ADHD implies that Kinetics like me have... More too, Yes I am dyspraxic, and I just may do. But even if you're not like me, Even if we don't agree, We can be friends in this place, It's called acceptanceAcceptance means training mental health service providers to look at autism and other disabilities as a part of a person's identity, rather than a problem that needs to be fixed. Acceptance... More of our race. Acceptance of our culture, The way we operate, The way our passions give us joy, The way we love and create. It might be different from others, It might not be for you, But this is where we thrive and give, Where in relationship we live. Come Join Me! Belonging Mutants Seers and me
I guess you are a different kind of human I guess you are a different kind of human Omega hai foleetI believe all persons with Autism need the opportunity to become friends with other Autistic people. Without this contact we feel alien to this world. We feel lonely. Feeling like... More, Omega hai foleet --A Different Kind of Human by AURORA
🫀🧠 Difference Is a Teacher
Difference is not our deficit; it’s our operating system.
Disrupting the Digital Humanities
Diversity is strength. Difference is a teacher. Fear difference, you learn nothing.
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species.
A Thousand Rivers
To face the challenges of the future, we’ll need the problem-solving abilities of different types of minds working together.
The Best Autism Books, recommended by Steve Silberman
Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of NeurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. It’s not a perspective, an approach, a… More may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general.
The ways we relate are different. Approach respectfully, without preconceptions, and with openness to learning new things, and you’ll find a world you could never have imagined.
The Beauty of Collaboration at Human ScaleThe scope of trusted relationships is constrained by human cognitive limits (according to Robin Dunbar’s research, a human can maintain a maximum of 150 relationships at any point in time)… More: Timeless Patterns of Human Limitations
Magic happens when you combine collaboration and neurodiversity.
Celebration of interdependence | Autistic Collaboration
The place where we belong does not exist. We will build it.
Unbelonging – Mango and Marigold Press
Everyone deserves to be proud of the things that make them different.
Oolong 🍉
I seek a reconceptualization of cognitive difference, to the end that those who bear now-stigmatizing labels of “deviance,” “disorder” and “syndrome,” may live and manifest their individuality, distinctive interests, gifts and capacities with integrity, in a manner that comes naturally to them, free of pressure to become people they are not, free of the automatic assignation of inferior status; and that they may enjoy the respect of their fellow citizens, rather than disdain and exclusion.
neurodiversity.com | the autistic distinction
Re-conceptualize. Learn about us, from us.
You're my half brother and my fully-fledged friend!
We're buddies forever from beginning to the end
Nobody's a nobody and everybody is weird
"Weird Pride Flag" by Ferrous and Autistamatic Be proud of what you are.We’re weird, and we’re glad we are.Weird Pride Promo 2021 Autistic Pride is inconceivable without weird pride, and... More like you and me!
Don't have to look beside me to know that you are there!
If two things act as one are they still a pair?
Nobody's a nobody and everybody is weird like you and me!
I'm the sugar you're the lemons we're a weird lemonade
But you're the brothers that I'd never trade
Nobody's a nobody and everybody is weird like you and me!
You're my right hand guy and the shoulder that I cry on
My brain when I'm confused, an arm to lean a while on
Nobody's a nobody and everybody is weird like you and me!
You can walk, run, swim, roll, hop, skip, or fly If we're going different ways, you're my kind of guy Difference doesn't matter, if nobody's the same There is no two clouds alike in the great big sky So don't be scared to come out your shell too There's always someone out there to love the real you Nobody's a nobody And everybody is weird like you and me You can walk, run, swim, roll, hop, skip, or fly If you're going different ways you're my kind of guy Difference doesn't matter, If nobody's the same A space for every star in the great big sky
Nobody’s a nobody and everybody is weird like you and me!
The Amazing World of Gumball – Nobody’s A Nobody
Further reading
There are three types of reading: eye reading, ear reading, and finger reading.The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child’s Confidence and Love of Learning Most schools and… More,
