The neurodivergent population includes individuals on the autism spectrum, as well as those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, gifted intellects, Tourette’s syndrome, mood conditions, and anxiety. In particular, business leaders across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK are providing more work opportunities for the historically marginalized group of neurodivergent individuals - people whose minds operate differently than the mainstream. The focus of work within the neurodiversity paradigm has broadened beyond autism to encompass other forms of neurodivergence, while at the same time the paradigm has increasingly gained footholds in various realms of scholarship, literature and praxis.Though these last months have been fraught with global challenges, we have seen some hopeful developments when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The term neurodiversity was coined in 1998 by an autistic Australian sociologist named Judy Singer, and was quickly picked up and expanded upon within the autistic activist community. The Neurodiversity Movement has its origins in the Autistic Rights Movement that sprung up in the 1990’s. Instead of attempting to “cure” autistic or bipolar clients, for instance, these therapists seek to help autistic or bipolar people thrive as autistic or bipolar people, finding ways of living that are more in harmony with their natural neurological dispositions, and helping them to heal from internalized oppression. Psychotherapists who integrate the neurodiversity paradigm into their work do so by refusing to label neurodivergence as intrinsically pathological. These dynamics include unequal distribution of social power conversely, when embraced, diversity can act as a source of creative potential. The social dynamics around neurodiversity are similar to the dynamics that manifest around other forms of human diversity. autism, ADHD, dyslexia, bipolarity) as medical/psychiatric pathology has no valid scientific basis, and instead reflects cultural prejudice and oppresses those labeled as such.
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The idea that there is one “normal” or “healthy” type of brain or mind or one “right” style of neurocognitive functioning, is no more valid than the idea that there is one “normal” or “right” gender, race or culture. Neurodiversity is an essential form of human diversity.
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