“Through the neurodiversity lens I began to wonder, for instance, whether since the very start, I had been disabled by a neuronormative society. This, I came to see, had hindered my learning, my development, and my prospects right from the beginning of life. I also began to understand my trauma and mental illness as stemming from not just relative poverty and parental neglect but also a structurally ableist world.” AcceptanceNormalityAbleistMedical Model Book:Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Source: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism