Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions
neurocosmopolitanism.com
New paradigms often require a bit of new language. This is certainly the case with the neurodiversity paradigm – even the word neurodiversity itself is still relatively new, having been coined by autistic sociologist Judy Singer in 1998. I see many

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    • @Cetacean_Posadist
      1•3 years ago

      ah, i see i made the diversity-divergence slipup. i’m aware of the difference but my mind autocompleted incorrectly. this is a good resource though

      for a group made up of people often prone to dyslexia and the like you’d think they could have given us some easier to distinguish main terms, huh? the double neurodiver is a killer. good name for a shoegaze band at least

  • @AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
    2•3 years ago

    I never really knew this - does Asperger’s count as neurodiversity? I’ve been told it’s different from autism, but I don’t really know anymore

    • Makan ☭ CPUSAOPM
      2•3 years ago

      No, Asperger’s is definitely a form of autism of some sort, but I don’t know more than that; I’m still learning.