Question (not a challenge, or any of those unfortunately common potential misinterpretations): I note you used "Neurodiversity" rather than "Neurodivergent" when discussing people with different than the most common brain configuration ("Neurotypical"). Was there a specific reason for that choice?
That's a good point! There's confusion over the terminology as neurodiversity doesn't have one simple definition. When it was first coined it was referring mostly to autistic people but it now encompasses all variation in thought and behaviour — loads of academic paper use neurodiverse and neurodivergent interchangeably but I see that's been an issue of debate recently. I'll update the article to reflect this! Thanks for raising this!
Question (not a challenge, or any of those unfortunately common potential misinterpretations): I note you used "Neurodiversity" rather than "Neurodivergent" when discussing people with different than the most common brain configuration ("Neurotypical"). Was there a specific reason for that choice?
I've only recently accepted I'm Autistic, and am trying to learn the terminology. I've been following this article: https://neuroqueer.com/neurodiversity-terms-and-definitions/
That's a good point! There's confusion over the terminology as neurodiversity doesn't have one simple definition. When it was first coined it was referring mostly to autistic people but it now encompasses all variation in thought and behaviour — loads of academic paper use neurodiverse and neurodivergent interchangeably but I see that's been an issue of debate recently. I'll update the article to reflect this! Thanks for raising this!