#NOTHINGABOUTUSWITHOUTUS
A note to neurotypical (nt) collaborators:
nt actors: do not play "neurotype" or "disability"; play actions.
nt directors: do not pull Neurodiversity or Disability narratives towards your own familiar and biased perceptions of existence.
nt dramaturgs: do not synthesize Neurodivergent-coded elements without the lens of the double empathy problem.
nt writers: check how you victimize, pity, kill, laugh at, forget, or get too inspired by Disabled and differently abled characters.
nt designers: do not theatricalize the minds of Neurodivergent and/or Disabled characters with reductive video art, or infantilizing and/or fetishizing design components.
nt producers: hire and pay Disabled and differently abled collaborators--not just as consultants--but as producers, dramaturgs, directors, actors, designers, and technicians to stop the perpetuation of eugenics as practiced on Neurodivergent and Disabled people in the media.
nt collaborators: don't just hear; listen.
nt directors: do not pull Neurodiversity or Disability narratives towards your own familiar and biased perceptions of existence.
nt dramaturgs: do not synthesize Neurodivergent-coded elements without the lens of the double empathy problem.
nt writers: check how you victimize, pity, kill, laugh at, forget, or get too inspired by Disabled and differently abled characters.
nt designers: do not theatricalize the minds of Neurodivergent and/or Disabled characters with reductive video art, or infantilizing and/or fetishizing design components.
nt producers: hire and pay Disabled and differently abled collaborators--not just as consultants--but as producers, dramaturgs, directors, actors, designers, and technicians to stop the perpetuation of eugenics as practiced on Neurodivergent and Disabled people in the media.
nt collaborators: don't just hear; listen.