Neurodiversity describes differences in brain function from person to person that affect daily mental functions. It's a philosophy that embraces differences in brain function and behavior as a natural ...

Neurodiversity Celebration Week begins on 16 March this year, with an aim to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. If you’ve not really come across the term ...

The word “neurotypical” describes someone who thinks and processes information in ways that are typical within their culture. They tend to learn skills and reach developmental milestones around the ...

To me, neurodiversity is the idea that neurological differences like autism and ADHD are the result of normal, natural variation in the human genome. This represents a new and fundamentally different ...

As a child, I was frequently scolded for zoning out in class, interrupting conversations and losing just about everything I owned. It wasn’t until adulthood, when I was diagnosed with ADHD, that these ...

Many parents likely fear the word “autism” but journalist Steven Silberman advocates a completely different approach in his sweeping book, "Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of ...

Public perceptions of autism have come far in the 80 years since Austrian American scientist Leo Kanner first described a neurodevelopmental childhood disorder causing “an innate inability to form the ...

This article features advice from Gee Eltringham, a Bristol-based psychotherapist and founder of parental support platform for ADHD, twigged. Neurodiversity Celebration Week begins on 16 March this ...