Institutional Legitimacy™
Eva Redford“Normal” isn’t neutral. I explore how institutions and culture define legitimacy, and what happens to us when we fall outside the invisible standard.
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When “Normal” Becomes a Clinical Standard
This piece was commissioned by the World Mental Health Forum as part of its work on mental health systems and credibility. It appears here in full.
The core message in one sentence is: Mental health systems can mistake social familiarity f...
Whose Voice Matters at Work?
Have you ever stayed quiet at work because raising the problem felt more dangerous than allowing it to continue?
Perhaps you had a question but did not want to appear incompetent.
You disagreed with a decision but knew that speaking hones...
The Price of Being Acceptable
Series Note: This essay opens The Cultural Architecture of “Normal,” a series extending Institutional Legitimacy™ beyond neurodivergence into a wider examination of how culture decides which ways of being human are credible, acceptable, and...
How Culture Turns Neurodivergence Into Personal Deficiency
This essay extends the Institutional Legitimacy™ framework into a broader account of how cultures manufacture deficiency. Neurodivergence is the central case study. The deeper subject is how culture turns friction between a person and their...
A Small Update, and Thank You
Before anything else, I want to thank you for believing in this work and helping it grow.
This publication has grown far more quickly than I expected, and I truly believe this is only the beginning of something much larger.
Please know th...
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