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Research shows neurotypical people form negative judgments about autistic, ADHD, and gifted individuals in seven seconds: snap judgments that scale into lifetime systematic exclusion.
Drawing on University of Nottingham studies, we reveal how thin-slice judgments operate faster than consciousness. When audio-visual cues are removed, negative bias disappears, proving neurotypical prejudice targets communication style, not substance.
We investigate the Double Empathy Problem: accusations that autistic people "lack empathy" are projections of neurotypical failures. Research proves neurotypical people struggle to read autistic emotions, yet blame autistic people for communication breakdown.
Learn how seven-second cognitive bias becomes institutional oppression through "epistemic injustice:" systematic devaluation of neurodivergent testimony. From job interviews to healthcare to criminal justice, thin-slice judgments prevent contact needed to challenge prejudice.
But there's hope: Education works. When neurotypical people learn about neurodivergence before judging, negative bias disappears or reverses. Knowledge interventions override automatic prejudice.
We examine how marginalized communities defeated conceptual strongholds: demedicalization of homosexuality, disability rights Social Model, eugenics collapse. The neurodiversity movement deploys these strategies now.
For neurodivergent listeners: You're not imagining it. Documented bias.
For neurotypical listeners: You have unconscious prejudice. Here's how to override it.
Full citations, transcript, extended bibliography at www.neurorebelpodcast.com
Content warnings: discrimination, social rejection, systemic bias.

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