Cass (they/them) on Nostr: I declined to share an article earlier about the role of neuroplasticity in blind ...
I declined to share an article earlier about the role of neuroplasticity in blind people’s ability to listen to and process speech at faster rates because the article explicitly invoked the deficit vs. super power framing. This shit is absolutely pervasive in pop science explainers of almost anything to do with disability.
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