Social Narratives

Some new types of therapy deprive neurodivergents of their dignity for conformity through ethically questionable methods.

Social narratives are a kind of repetitive behavioral therapy used for subjects with severe learning disabilities.
Although results are quite satisfactory, I personally associate a certain extent of humiliation to it.
Repetition is always synonymous with poor performance.
We’re talking of mere repetition of actions to be mindlessly memorized and carried out automatically for the purpose of conforming to neurotypical behavior.
I understand there are circumstances where standards are to be met either for safety or consideration, despite believing in more humane approaches.

Social Narratives are what was formerly called ‘Role-playing’ in a pre-Internet society.
We re starting to realize how badly the social media have enslaved us.
New vocabulary invented by technology is introduced daily.
I’m not against ameliorating syntax, but what we’re doing now is destroying languages: we pronounce words individually, grammar is off the charts, all for the sake of media.

What differentiates ‘Social Narratives’ from ‘Role-playing’?
The outcome is basically the same.
The byproduct is different: with Social Narratives we create functional humans by erasing thought-processing.
With ‘Role-playing’ we can achieve conformation to non-erratic behavior by stimulating thought-processing.

Now, everybody has a dignity, even the cognitive impaired.
Thought-processing is dignified.
Depriving a person of their dignity equals Cloning, the frightening new frontier of Globalization.