The other day I was told I was a neural type

It’s funny how casual comments can lead to unexpected places.

I don’t know why I’m not paying Note I’m sure the term “neurotype” has been around for a while, but I didn’t hear it until a few days ago. But more than I’m interested in discovering new words, I was intrigued by my reaction to it. For some reason, thinking of myself as “neurotype” has created something a little loud in my mind. So I thought I should know more.

My research wasn’t that far. I Googled “neurotype” and found that it means “someone who has a brain that works in a way similar to most peers” (Villines, 2022). So I thought, “Like, everyone.” In fact, I found it a bit difficult to understand the “most of their peers” part. All brains function the same way. Well, as long as its functionality is not physically degraded or damaged. In fact, the brain of all things that have the same brain function.

The brain is a very complex and complex collection of control systems. Some brains only control things very simple, such as distance from other entities and the amount of stimuli they prefer. Other brains can control things that are far more elaborate, such as the amount of honesty in statements, the amount of grey added to the colour of Vermillion, or much more elaborate, such as the respect and fairness experienced in the workplace.

Whatever is controlled, the control remains constant. Someone may like a lot of inspiration, but someone else may not like it very much. The key is that obtaining the appropriate stimulus amount is a control process. If you want to volunteer for a charity or draw warhammer figurines, then if you like more or a bit of stimulation than the strange or strange thing, it doesn’t mean you’re weird or weird.

It’s definitely useful for controlling it with a variety of tools and devices. People may use colored glasses, wine aerators, headphones, or running shoes with carbon fiber plates to produce the results they need. If you want to move from home to the office, use a bicycle or car if it’s raining. To read some very teensy writing about food labels, I press three times next to my iPhone to make the letters and numbers much larger. We have developed an incredible array of clever gizmos that will help you control all kinds of things. However, controlling the various things doesn’t change the fact that everything is still under control.

Control is the process of making things the way we want them to. Are you controlling the TV volume? boredom Classroom level, amount Intimate In our relationships, or in our sense of autonomy, it’s all control.

My early stage CareerI trained and taught first as a kindergarten teacher and then as a special. education teacher. There is no doubt that the young people and people with disabilities who were privileged to work were controllers. I worked with diagnosed children and young people autismand other young people who are said to “increase obstacles seriously.” All the people I was lucky enough to work, Without exceptionprovided evidence of control. They all had a clear preference for some things and there were some very clear assholes for others. Some of them had very limited abilities, but they did what they could to get more of what they like, and reduced what they disliked. That’s control.

One of the dominant habits that humans think are particularly fond of is classification and selection. To describe people as Neurodivergent or Neurotical is probably an expression of this. The increasing importance of diversity and inclusion appears to reflect our insatiable desire to assign people to different groups. First, we need to divide people into diverse groups and then remind us that we are doing this together.

If we start with the understanding that we are all controllers, will it be easier for us to organize social issues? Perhaps we would live together in a more harmonious way if we all had a state of preference that we like things. From this perspective, the secret to successful social life is to create an environment with ample freedom, allowing each person to control what is important to them without preventing others from doing the same thing.

Sometimes it seems that “the universe” can help you in the most amazing way. While I was writing this article, I received the latest newsletter from Fair Science. In this newsletter, Dr. Jess Steyer and Elana Pearl Benjoseph, MD, MPH (2025) challenged the idea that there is an “anti-money” of autism. Towards the end of the newsletter, they proposed that “we need to focus on creating a more inclusive society where nerve-producing individuals can flourish, rather than treating autism as something that “heals” or prevents.” How wonderful is it? You can also omit the word “Neurodivergent.”

Don’t defend an inclusive society where all individuals (regardless of the particular category we assign) can flourish?

But better than that, Steier and Benjoseph (2025) asked, “Do you have a system that recognizes, respects, and supports the different ways of thinking and the systems that exist in the world?” What a great question. Such a system provides the degree of freedom I mentioned.

Perhaps by recognizing our shared dominant humanity, we may come a little closer to appreciating and celebrating the diversity of our spectacular, incredible kaleidoscopes. Control is key to embracing inclusion and diversity at the same time so that individuals can thrive and communities can thrive.