FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Neurodiversity *

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the notion that neurological functioning different from the norm is not necessarily pathological and does not diminish the human rights of people with such differences

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The neurodiversity paradigm is a framework for understanding human brain function that considers the diversity within sensory processing, motor abilities, social comfort, cognition, and focus as neurobiological differences. This diversity falls on a spectrum of neurocognitive differences. The neurodiversity movement views autism and other neurodivergences as a natural part of human neurological diversity—not disease…