A child is not born judging others, still, society’s pernicious labeling impacts a toddler’s life almost immediately. The child, guilty only of compliance, often reaches adulthood with a dualistic interpretation of the world, a simplistic understanding of all things dark or weird as bad.

Being characterized as “weird” doesn’t mean something is wrong with an individual, much less that there is anything “bad” about them. Being considered weird speaks more to the “normal” person’s focus than...