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FAQ's
Who is neurocultural work for?
Guides, Catalysts, & Equity-Driven Leaders
i.e. professionals, advocates, providers & leaders (of all neurotypes)
If you're not just looking for best practices, but for a new way of seeing... you're in the right place.
Neurocultural work is for professionals, providers, and advocates who want to develop more expansive, mindful, and radically different communication skills—not because they have to, but because they want to help lead and promote change.
If you're drawn to deep explorations of belonging, systemic change, and the hidden dimensions of human connection, you're in the right place.
Do you talk/teach about diagnosis, behaviors, challenges, etc?
I think & work outside of the medical model.
My expertise is in civil rights, language, culture, and the communicative spaces where they all meet.
While my work draws, in part, from academic fields like linguistics and intercultural communication, I also use methods and insights from less traditional disciplines such as gentle activism, teaching artistry, and literature genres like magical realism, and science fiction.
I do not discuss the latest medical studies or developments of the DSM. Instead, I explore ways to anchor neurodivergence outside of the medical model, as a culture, and to sever the pathologizing influence of current approaches to neurodivergent communication from the non-medical act (and corresponding behaviors) of communication.
Who are you?
My name is Ana Maria B. Call. I'm a 3E (gifted + autistic + Latina) interculturalist, linguist, & former civil rights worker.
My life is dedicated to exploring ways to promote radical social and systemic change for neurodivergent people by reimagining our approach to neurodivergent communication. Learn more about me here