Showing results for "The Future of Neurodiversity" in All Categories

Neurodiversity is a property of the human condition and a manifestation of biodiversity. Black Neurodiversity centers the experience, history, and voices of Black and Indigenous neurodistinct and neuroindigenous beings. This February, and every February we wake up Black....we are celebrating BLACK FUTURES MONTH. *neurodistinct: a being who experiences developmental and acquired sensory, cognitive, and psychosocial distinctions *neuroindigenous: to be neurodistinct and in conversation with, admiration of, and respect for ones indigenous and ancestral ways of knowing and being Support this ...

This affirming and thoughtful guide outlines how and why we need to fundamentally shift our thinking about neurodivergent people. We need to accept differences rather than framing them as a problem, abnormality or disorder. Welcome to the neurodiversity paradigm. At times challenging and radical, Sonny Jane Wise explores the intersections of neurodivergence with disability, gender, sexuality and race.