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The title of this article includes the word diagnosis because that’s often what we, as neurodivergent people, need from the medical community in order to access support.
With that said, neurodiversity and diagnosis are conflicting concepts in many ways.
Disability for neurodivergent people is often due to lack of understanding & a pervasive attitude that those outside the norm must change who they are in order to fit in with the majority.
Neurodiversity refers to variations between human minds occurring naturally within a population, and includes conditions such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia and dyslexia. This model recognizes strengths alongside challenges (Taylor, 2021).
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