The liberal euphemism for psychiatric abnormality is “neurodiversity.” This signifies that people who identify as having mental problems qualify for hiring preferences per DEI. The Federal Aviation Administration explicitly recruits people characterized by “psychiatric disability” on this basis. One of the world’s most prestigious medical journals is on board:

The Journal of the American Medical Association has published an article that urges “neurodiversity” be given “holistic” consideration when accepting students into medical school in keeping with diversity goals.

Seriously, this is an abstract from an article in JAMA:

Advancing physician workforce diversity is a vital objective for medical schools, residency and fellowship training programs, and medical institutions. The benefits of diversity have long been recognized with respect to persons with minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds, women, persons who are LGBTQ+, and others, and there has been a wide range of efforts to increase the representation of these individuals among physicians. Currently, however, these same programs and institutions do not similarly prioritize neurodiversity, the range of developmental neurocognitive differences that underlie individual variation in thinking, learning, and behavior.

Recruiting doctors on the basis of their race, gender, or sexual deviancy is not enough. No matter how insane DEI gets, liberals will find a way to make it even more insane — literally.

Psychiatric impairments specifically listed as worthy of preference include autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and even learning disabilities. Candidates boasting these diagnoses have been “minoritized” and therefore should move toward the front of the line.

At least schizophrenia is not specifically listed as a qualification to practice medicine — yet.

The Long March Through the Institutions is conquering the medical field, reducing it to farce as it is repurposed with the objective of advancing leftism. This does not bode well for our future health.

If you like what DEI has done to the safety of air travel, you will love your odds of surviving surgery in our diverse future.

On a tip from Steve T.