What is Neurodiversity and what does Neurodivergent mean?

Neurodiversity refers to the wide variety of ways in which human brains think, learn, feel and process information. Neurodivergent is a non-medical term for a brain that works in a different way to what may be considered 'typical'.

Click on this link to watch a useful video from The Dyslexia Association: “We are all neurodiverse, but we’re not all neurodivergent”:

‘Neurodiversity is a relatively new term. It helps to promote the view that neurological differences are to be recognised and respected as any other human variation. It is used to counter negative social connotations that currently exist and to make it easier for people of all neurotypes to contribute to the world as they are, rather than attempting to think or appear more 'typically'. (The British Dyslexia Association)