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Neurodivergent individuals face unique challenges in education and the workplace. The efficacy of accessibility and support programs in career development and higher education depends on the individual. [10] [11] Social media has introduced a platform where neurodiversity awareness and support has emerged, further promoting the neurodiversity ...
Neurodivergent people's brains work differently than those of neurotypical people for a number of reasons, some of which are the result of diagnosable conditions such as autism, ADHD, language ...
According to the expert, some examples of neurodivergent conditions include autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia and Tourette's syndrome. It’s important ...
Following the rise of the autism rights movement in the 1990s, many autistic advocates, including Asasumasu, recognized that a wide variety of people experienced the world in ways similar to autistic people, despite not being autistic. As a result, Asasumasu coined the related terms neurodivergent and neurodivergence circa 2000. [10]
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy-based perspectives. Neurotribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [2] [3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.
Almost 3 million children and adolescents in North America have the learning disability NVLD. It affects spatial-visual skills but doesn't mean they aren't able to speak.
Neurodivergent people as a demographic may have advantages and skills which neurotypical people do not have. [4] A common advantage is difference of perspective; because the demographic has a different lived experience , individuals in that demographic can speak for themselves to share opinions which often differ from neurotypical people.
University of San Diego professors are developing programs to empower neurodivergent students --- those with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyslexia, among other learning differences.