People love to use words, they don’t really understand. Some phrase is catchy so we all use it, it’s cool. In the circle of people with special needs, you will find this a popular sentence.
“He is not normal."
"Normal children would do this."
"She is different, cause normal children her age would not scream like that.”
People and some professionals are so quick to state that your child is not normal.
So what does normal, mean? The norm describes the average statistic. And that itself is a variable. In a room full of people who have autism, individuals with autism would be the norm. And you may be the weirdo, right. So keep in mind that the term norm, is very subjective. Be wise about using it.
