Affirming neurodiversity is recognizing that, in a musical space, one person is tuned into the soprano register, even though their voice presents in the bass register; another person hears long melodic phrases when everyone else is creating short rhythmic phrases; and someone else’s brain is turning the patterns of sound into physical shapes, and they are internally designing a building. Guess what: there’s space for all of us in the room, and we’re better together when we recognize and support one another’s differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"