How Do You Know if You’re Neurodivergent?
Neurodivergent, what does this mean?
Neurodivergent is a term that’s growing in awareness and acceptance, and is even becoming a desired trait in the workforce, but what does it mean?
To answer, let’s look at the most commonly asked questions about it:
To answer, let’s look at the most commonly asked questions about it:
- What Neurodivergent means?
- What counts as Neurodivergent?
- Neurodivergent examples
- What is considered Neurodivergent?
- How do you know if you’re Neurodivergent?
What neurodivergent means
Oxford’s online dictionary defines Neurodivergent, or ND, as:
“...differing in mental or neurological function from what is considered typical or normal (frequently used with reference to autistic spectrum disorders); not neurotypical. Sample sentence, “there are some things that neurotypical people just know or can figure out that neurodivergent students may need to have a model for.”
According to the expert group of Autistics at Neuroclastic.com, “…autism isn’t one condition. It is a collection of related neurological conditions that are so intertwined and so impossible to pick apart that professionals have stopped trying.”
If you imagine each of the neurological conditions listed below as a color of the rainbow, you’ll have a good idea of the “spectrums” used to describe Autism and Neurodiversity.
“...differing in mental or neurological function from what is considered typical or normal (frequently used with reference to autistic spectrum disorders); not neurotypical. Sample sentence, “there are some things that neurotypical people just know or can figure out that neurodivergent students may need to have a model for.”
According to the expert group of Autistics at Neuroclastic.com, “…autism isn’t one condition. It is a collection of related neurological conditions that are so intertwined and so impossible to pick apart that professionals have stopped trying.”
If you imagine each of the neurological conditions listed below as a color of the rainbow, you’ll have a good idea of the “spectrums” used to describe Autism and Neurodiversity.