What if neurodivergent communication isn't disordered, but misunderstood?
Ana María B Call, MAExploring neurodivergent culture & communication… from outside the medical model
I'm a 3E (Gifted + autistic + Latina) linguist and former civil rights worker exploring what happens when we stop treating neurodivergent communication as broken behavior and start seeing it as culture.
Most approaches to communication pathologize differences. I'm investigating what becomes visible when we apply frameworks from linguistics and intercultural communication instead—asking questions like: What constitutes communicative competence and how can it apply to ND people? What if no particular neurotype needs to be centered in order for communication to work better? What if we approached communication in a way that expands access, promotes participation, & prioritizes belonging?
My work lives in the space between research and art, analysis and imagination. Through writing, art, workshops, and collaborative inquiry, I'm building frameworks for understanding cross-neurotype communication—and practicing the kind of futures-thinking that can give us the clarity to begin promoting meaningful change right now.