Today’s episode provides a critical analysis of how the speech patterns of Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs), particularly those who are AuDHD, are frequently misread as deficits rather than a complete form of communication, focusing specifically on expressions of morality and justification. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, argues that for GLPs, repeating a “script” or “fragment” from a source (such as “He hit the boy”) is not an avoidance of explanation but a whole, morally-laden statement that preserves the original context, emotion, and truth, contrasting this with the analytic demand for paraphrase and abstraction. Drawing on research examples like the Grant et al. (2005) study, Dr. Hoerricks asserts that traditional neurotypical and research frames exhibit a “deficit perspective” that fails to recognise this GLP method of communication, which is rooted in fidelity to the source rather than a lack of understanding. Ultimately, she advocates for a slower ethic of listening and a fundamental shift in how educators and clinicians assess GLP moral, linguistic, and cognitive processes by validating the echo as a full answer.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-morality-of-scriptsjustice-spoken
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