![]() Neurodivergent and Neurotypical definitions from Rowan University. Sources: Neurodiversity description from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. The term may also be used to reference people who are not identified as having developmental, intellectual, psychosocial, or learning disabilities. ![]() Neurotypical: Refers to individuals whose ways of thinking and being are aligned with social expectations.Individuals identifying as neurodivergent may include those with a wide range of disability labels, including but not limited to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, depression, dyscalculia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and Tourette syndrome. Neurodivergent: Refers to having a brain that functions in ways that diverge significantly from the dominant societal standards of "normal." For instance, having developmental, intellectual, psychosocial, or learning disabilities.Kassiane Asasumasu went on to coin two terms that identify individuals that fall under the neurodiversity umbrella: Neurodiversity encompasses both neurodivergent and neurotypical people – aka everyone falls under the concept of neurodiversity. The term neurodiversity should never be applied to an individual. ![]() ![]() Every person has things they are good at and things they need help with, and there is no such thing as a “normal” brain. Neurodiversity was coined by Judy Singer and means that no two brains are exactly the same. ![]()
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