Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Re-Thinking 'Disabilities'_ A Journey from Setbacks to Superpowers | The Truth About Neurodivergent

9 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube conversation (Aaron Hartman, MD and another speaker) exploring reframing learning disabilities not as deficits but as potential strengths or 'superpowers.' The speakers critique how educational systems label and marginalize neurodivergent individuals, questioning what society loses when unique talents are suppressed by stigmatizing messaging.

But. And now he sees his learning disability as a superpower. But it was years and years of the system, and it's like. Yeah, it's a question for you. How much. What are we losing when we have these people who have. Actually, I think it's a power, a gift that are being raised. You're dumb, you're stupid. You can't do this. You can't graduate. You gotta get a ged. It's like. But you can actually build a house without blueprints. Like, that's the superpower. Like, what are we losing?
I mean, we're losing a lot because, as you said, we're academicizing people. I said that wrong.
But we're all too. So we're.
Making people. It's, you know, only reading, writing, and math. Okay, so we're not saying those are unimportant. What we're saying is that we're losing everything else. And also that if you're not an A plus plus plus, you are a failure. And kids talk to me all the time about that pressure.