Neurodiversity is about Everyone

Neurodiversity is a vital concept, and understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics. Here is a comic explainer.

Some questions to reflect on

• Whether you consider yourself neurotypical or neurodivergent, in what ways might you be impacted by neuronormativity? (Some examples of where neuronormative expectations might apply: how a person processes sounds or textures, what makes a person happy, how a person communicates, what they find easy or difficult)
• Can you think of any neuronormative messages that you have internalised, or pass on to others?
• Should some needs be considered ‘special’? What do we mean by that?
• Can you think of ways to challenge neuronormativity and encourage greater neurodiversity in your community, home, workplace, etc?

Enjoyed my writing? Help me write more, buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/scrappapertiger