The word “Neurodiverse” refers to a place, not an individual. Misusage: Does not mean “Neurological Disability/Otherness” To name the Neurodiversity Movement, a civil rights movement for psycho-medically labelled minorities and their allies.To add Neurodiversity to the intersectional categories of Class, Disability, Ethnicity, Gender, since Disability” was limited inadequately to “Physical Disability, Intellectual Disability” and “Mental Illness”. Implicitly to suggest a Banner or Umbrella term for an emerging Human Rights Movement based on the pioneering work of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Movement which was being joined by other Neurological Minorities with medically-labelled conditions such as ADHD, the “Dys”abilities and Tourette’s Syndrome. Just as Biodiversity was coined for a political purpose, to advocate for the conservation of the environment, Judy Singer intended the term Neurodiversity specifically for an advocacy purpose:ġ.

Just as Biodiversity refers to ALL the species in a specific location or ecosystem, Neurodiversity refers to ALL Humans (the species Homo Sapiens) in a specific location, the Planet Earth. Neurodiversity is a subset of Biodiversity. Diversity is a measurement of the the degree of variability in a specific location. Neurodiversity refers to the limitless variety of human minds on the planet, in which no two minds can ever be exactly alike. Be aware of ChatGPT and other sources: Judy’s definition is the only right one, and can be read here. 👉This information quotes and draws from the works of Judy Singer, who coined the term.

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