Is Diversity beneficial to society?

Is Diversity beneficial to society?

Diversity is beneficial to society. The world is making great progress and growing strong by the day because it is composed of people of diverse cognitive among others. Diversity is very instrumental in helping people understand the condition of people with autism. The growth of the society is anchored on acceptance and support of human dignity and rights. People with Autism and other cognitive disorders have a great deal of knowledge and skills to contribute to society just like other people.  Technological innovations and other creations are only possible if diversity is allowed to thrive; people being allowed to contribute freely without looking at their mental orientation. People with Autism have contributed majorly through their talents in critical fields like medicine, technology and engineering. Allowing people with autism and other cognitive conditions to freely give their contribution will benefit the society a great deal. Embracing diversity in terms of cognitive endowment is a strong tool in building a great society. From history, we have seen great people such a Pope John II, Billy Grahams, and Mohammed Ali had Parkinson disorder yet they dominated their areas of operation. Another example is Stephen Hawking who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral disorder yet he made so many discoveries in the cosmic space such as the discovery of black holes.

In the ‘Neurologist’s Notebook,” Carl Bennett (not his real name) is a surgeon from Canada who had Tourette’s syndrome. Despite his condition, Dr Carl had treated several patients with various complex conditions. For instance, Carl treated a young mechanic who had a condition called neurofibromatosis; diseases that produce skin layers or sheets leading to body disfiguration.  The Surgeon’s notebook” written by Dr Oliver Sacks is an essay that examines the life of Dr Carl who has a mental condition that causes him to have weird verbal and physical tics compulsions which include the urge of touching a glass lampshade. In this essay, Oliver describes the Tourette’s condition as a ‘disease of disinhibition” particularly on Carl’s compulsive need to address to his obsessive worries. Even though Bennett is a highly talented person, he can barely keep up with his habits of balancing everything and strange attraction to strange sounds which gives him difficulties to concentrate and read. He can only read fluently when riding on a stationary bicycle and smoking a pipe. Nevertheless, Dr Bennett is a highly qualified and diligent surgeon and can perform various operations with efficiency. Oliver manages to score highly both as a doctor and writer. He puts a special focus on single patients as opposed to mass examination brings out a clear picture and understanding of medicine as well as his deep sense of empathy. Dr Oliver though this book ‘The surgeon’s Life ‘ essay gives us a further conviction of how diverse people can contribute toward a better society through their skills and knowledge. He presents Dr Carl as a successful doctor despite his autistic tendencies.

Another story titled ‘to see and not see “as written by Dr Oliver Sacks tells a story of Virgil (not his real name) who lost his eyesight at a tender age of 5 years and regained the eyesight at age 50. Having lost his sight for forty-five years, Virgil experiences a more difficulty world as he strives to figure out information given to him. He had gotten so used to the blindness and his ability to recognizing objects using other senses than sight was stronger even after the miraculous operation. The message that Dr Sacks is passing is that, the five senses normalcy is overrated and that one can do even more with a limited number of the sense. A human brain can capitalize on what condition it is presented to including having to adapt to the deficiency in abilities and make a greater impact because the mind and the body can efficiently use what is available to survive and thrive. According to the story, Virgil had a rather normal life including owning a home. However, upon the surgery, he re-lost his sight because of the difficult to adjust to his new environment. Virgil ends up being hospitalized for partially losing his sight the second time because of medical factors including obesity. From this story, we see that Virgil was living a normal life that was both productive and progressive despite his condition of losing eyesight at a tender age. Once the sight that was lost is regained is recovered, he cannot function normally and has difficulties adjusting to the new condition. This gives us more reasons to believe that, people with disorders have a lot to contribute to society, despite their cognitive or other disabilities. This story of Virgil successfully gives us the abilities possessed by people with autism and their abilities and skills they survive not only to survive but to make contributions in society. The society now more than ever has to change its perspective. There is a need to embrace multi-diversity; giving equal opportunities to everyone to make their mark regardless of the cognitive endowment.

Sarah Tena’s a renowned writer also throws in her contribution on the importance of diversity. In her article ‘The importance and benefits of diversity” she affirms that diverse organizations values differences in people. Organizations that encourage and harness the differences in their people can offer relevant services and are also very approachable. Sarah Tena, advises on the importance of figuring out the exact effects of positive and negative effects of societal diversities such as education, employment and violence with a lot of patience to see what happens in the end. Tena outlines mistrust, stereotypes and language problems as the reasons for lack of cohesion and failure to embrace diversity. Embracing diversity in schools and colleges help learners understand important education aspects such as different point of view. Tena points out how workplace diversity as exposed many people to different practices and values of religion, gender and ethnic groups through human interactions. Research has shown that when organizations value diversity, people benefit themselves, the communities in which they live as well as their colleagues. For instance, diversity and immigration reduces social capital both within their groups as well as in the ethnic groups. When originations cultivate an atmosphere where everyone is accepted the way they are, employees can express themselves openly without fear of being judged. This way, people can develop strong personalities that contribute their best talents to the growth of the organizations

Simply diversity is the differences that people have; their uniqueness in talents, personalities, backgrounds among others. Research has proven that this uniqueness is more beneficial to society than it is harmful. People need to embrace and celebrate the differences in humanity and learn to work together. Appreciating that we are all uniquely made and each one of us has a special purpose to undertake towards achieving the greater good is the beginning of human advancement. All spectra of life can develop and advance when everyone regardless of their social status, race, ethnic background, among other differences. In the same way, individuals with a cognitive condition such as autism should be embraced and be given platforms to make their marks has the others with similar conditions have done in the past.