Today’s episode examines how modern institutions often mistake an individual’s internal suppression of their needs for genuine personal resilience. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, argues that schools and workplaces prioritise neurodivergent people who are easy to manage and least disruptive to the established status quo. Consequently, common professional praise regarding a person’s “high level of functioning” often acts as a mask for the exhaustion and adaptation occurring beneath the surface. Dr. Hoerricks suggests that being labeled as low-maintenance is frequently a sign of institutional relief rather than a reflection of an individual’s actual well-being. Ultimately, she highlights the dangerous disconnect between outward professional success and the internal collapse experienced by those forced to minimise their own identities.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/reading-between-worlds-the-social
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