What I first thought · I learned that · I wonder if
The prompt I gave the room at the end of the presentation, and the norms question I want every adult in a school to sit with.
At the end I asked everyone to stop for a few minutes and think about the presentation. Were there any surprises, or changes in your thinking from beginning to end? I asked them to fill in three stems: What I first thought… I learned that… I wonder if… And I asked for questions, pushback, or advice.
Then the harder prompt: think of the norms at work that you must follow. Name two or three. Can you think of any that might be challenging for a neurodiverse individual to follow?
My own example: I cannot stand the bright classroom lights we have to keep on all day. Any chance I get, I turn them off or lower them just to give my eyes and brain a break. That is a norm nobody voted on, nobody defends, and nobody would call a policy — and it decides who can concentrate in that room.
That is the whole argument in one light switch. The infrastructure was designed around one nervous system and then called neutral.