Tag: Neurodivergence

Neurodivergence — What It Is & Why It Matters (part 1)

Chances are, you have at least one neurodivergent person in your life. You’ve either raised one, are one, worked with one, taught one, lived with one, loved one — or hated one. But the term “neurodivergent” is less understood since it is a fairly new framing for a number of d...

Does Neurodivergence Empower Us to Resist Conformity?

This is enhanced awareness. I wonder if being neurodiverse or atypical or having a sensitive or different nervous system, sort of gives us this ability. In an evolutionary context, I can see how this ability would have been selected for. Hypervigilance enabled some of us to ‘scout’ ou...