"Why not propose that just as biodiversity is essential to ecosystem stability, so neurodiversity may be essential for cultural stability?" - Judy Singer
"Why not propose that just as biodiversity is essential to ecosystem stability, so neurodiversity may be essential for cultural stability?" - Judy Singer
What is neurodiversity?
What is neurodiversity?
The term neurodiversity arose out of the autism rights movement of 1998 and was coined by Judy Singer, an Australian sociologist who studied the burgeoning "disability and social rights movement" (Lutz, 2023).
The neurodiversity movement has provided a large community of people around the globe the ability to gather in solidarity to advocate for equal opportunity and respect in a neurotypical world that has historically ignored the possibility of the neurodivergent contribution.
Neurodiversity today
Neurodiversity today
Though the movement started with a focus on autism, today the neurodiversity movement includes a variety of neurological experiences like ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Tourette's Syndrome, and Synesthesia.