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Neurotypical
A descriptor for individuals whose neurological patterns align with dominant societal expectations. Neurotypical people are often treated as the “default” in schools, medicine, and communication…
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Outsider Gaze
A conceptual lens that views marginalized or intimate experiences from outside the system of lived memory - resulting in distortion, flattening, or epistemic harm. Core…
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Armchair Expert
A person who speaks with confidence and authority about a complex, emotionally charged, or marginalized experience they’ve never personally lived - often by relying on…
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Inclusion
Commonly framed as a moral good, inclusion is the act of inviting difference into existing structures. But without structural change, inclusion often becomes conditional -…
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Masking
The learned or unconscious suppression of natural behaviors, needs, or expressions to meet dominant expectations of communication, emotion, or professionalism.Often framed as adaptability, masking is…
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AI Mental Health Collective
The AI Mental Health Collective describes itself as "a cross-discipline collective for vetted clinicians, technologists, and researchers." Within Human-AI Relationality (HAIR), this description is notable…
