The New Not-Normal: A Post-Pandemic Manifesto on Neurodiversity (2024) The November 2, 2024: The New Not-Normal (after the Pandemic) proposes a number of radical changes to our customary ways of defining what is a “normal” social temperament. The default norm in American culture—extroversion—creates an artificial sense of privilege for those who display it, one that has promoted a wide range of “diagnostic” categories to classify non-normative temperaments as aberrant. The pandemic turned this power dynamic topsy-turvy, which calls for reimagining it from the ground up, creating a new model that is founded on equity and tolerance. The New Not-Normal 11:10
