{"id":8291,"date":"2022-08-01T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twofold.dev\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:07:16","slug":"differently-abled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twofold.dev\/en\/differently-abled\/","title":{"rendered":"What is neurodiversity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8291\" class=\"elementor elementor-8291\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d4ef7c2 elementor-section-full_width no-fp-header-white no-header-height elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d4ef7c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ee06894\" data-id=\"6ee06894\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574c50f9 main-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"574c50f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is neurodiversity?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-758edf05 elementor-section-full_width text-paragraph case-read-more news elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"758edf05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-423867ad\" data-id=\"423867ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fda0b1 link-wrapper no-height continuos-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fda0b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The term neurodiversity was created by Judy Singer, an Australian anthropology and sociology student with many autistic traits, in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeurodiversity is the concept that variation in brain functioning within the human population is normal and that brain functioning that is not neurotypical should not be stigmatized\u201d \u2013 Merriam-Webster Dictionary.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>This idea views neurological differences as typical, not faulty, variations in the human genome that everyone can have. From this perspective, conditions such as autism, dyslexia, ADHD and social anxiety are not disabilities or diseases or injuries, but simply specific traits of people who think differently.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new and fundamentally different way of looking at conditions that were traditionally pathologized. While this viewpoint is not universally accepted, it is increasingly supported by science.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Thinking differently is powerful. Apple has been promoting it for 23 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011be07 news-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"011be07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For the common good<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8876bce link-wrapper no-height continuos-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8876bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Neurodiverse and its counterpart neurotypical are equally positive perspectives. Identifying as neurodiverse can be liberating.<\/p><p>For people with autism, being labeled as autistic can be a heavy burden that causes poor self-esteem or feelings of inadequacy. Choosing to identify as neurodiverse can help a person with autism tap into their unique strengths as an individual who is \u201cstanding apart, quietly making the world that mocks and shuns them a better place.\u201d <sup>3 <\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3cf3a4 news-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3cf3a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Autism traits<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf5bdb9 link-wrapper no-height continuos-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf5bdb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>One is the ability to absorb and retain large amounts of information. With excellent long-term memory, they recall facts and details others forget. This gives them vast, in-depth knowledge and expertise.<\/p><p>People with autism are self-motivated, independent learners with the concentration to focus on areas of special interest for sustained periods of time.<\/p><p>Some have strong logic and analytic skills. Others can readily see patterns and connections and have unusually strong visual and spatial memory. Some are highly creative and develop novel solutions.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p><p>People with autism are often open-minded, honest and direct, not afraid to tell the truth. They delight in the absurd, dark side of life and enjoy sarcasm and satire. They can see right through empty rhetoric and superficial conventions and are intensely responsive to injustice.<sup>5<\/sup><\/p><p>In our view, many of these unique perspectives are ideal for producing creative work that contributes to a more positive world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bebf5d8 link-wrapper no-height footnotes elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bebf5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>1 \u201cNeurodiversity.\u201d <em>Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary<\/em>, Merriam-Webster, <em>Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary<\/em>, Merriam-Webster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/neurodiversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/neurodiversity<\/a> 2 Psychology Today, What is Neurodiversity? by John Elder Robinson, October 2013 3 Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman, Avery 2016, p.450 4 Aspergers Victoria, Table: Aspergers at Work, <a href=\"https:\/\/aspergersvic.org.au\/page-18136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/aspergersvic.org.au\/page-18136<\/a> 5 AANE Asperger\/Autism Network, Asperger Profiles: The Big Picture \u2013 Strengths, AANE Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aane.org\/asperger-profile-strengths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aane.org\/asperger-profile-strengths\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f74e0eb\" data-id=\"4f74e0eb\" 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