You’re Using the Word “Neurodiversity” Wrong
<p>The term “neurodiversity” is everywhere lately, and it’s being used in ways that appear to be progressive, but underneath, are really just the same old pathology paradigm re-packaged.</p>
<p>Criticisms of its improper usage mostly focus on grammar — a person cannot be neurodiverse, that is a word that describes a group. An individual should be called neurodivergent. But these are superficial and far less concerning to me than the distortion of the term conceptually.</p>
<p>Discussing autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2017/06/24/competitive-advantage-why-your-organization-needs-to-embrace-neurodiversity/?sh=6e31675d3f65" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this Forbes article</a> claims the term neurodiversity was created to <em>“shift the focus from the negative connotation of these conditions toward the positive,”</em> a statement that waters the entire concept down into a floppy milquetoast version of its former self.</p>
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