Law of Stubborn Minority
In most systems, law of stubborn minority favors minority and let them win. But in the case of Autistics, they lost it. Let’s dig deeper and lets find out why ?
If you have a social gathering followed by dinner, and you have no clue on the dietary preference of your guests, you will invariably choose vegetarian dish for all guests.
Because, Non-Vegetarians can eat Veggies, but vegetarians cannot touch Non-vegetarian food.
This also explains the logic, why dedicated Disabled friendly restrooms exists across all the Shopping Malls and Restaurants and Office Spaces. An abled person can use a Disabled Restroom, but not the other way around.
Now what happens in a Neurotypical or any Traditional School, a Neurodivergent kid should get adjusted to their rules.
What if a Neurodivergent school which will have a rule that says, sitting on a chair is optional, imagine how happy an ADHD child be and I am sure most Neurotypical kids will accommodate themselves around these new play mates.
With Autistics, the so-called-majority who are Neurotypicals started dictating terms of the system. They fixed the rules and any deviation is branded as abnormal and made them an Outcast.
Probably a School which follows UDL principles by default, can cater to the learning needs of both NT and ND kids alike and some NT kids might even like it.
So, as long as the stubborn minority is not dominating the system, Inclusion in a school will be a mere illusion and it only ends up as a nightmare for a Neurodivergent child.
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Concept Credit on “Law of stubborn minority”: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
