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Neurodiversity

“Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?”

— Harvey Blume, The Atlantic, 1998

What is it?

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-neurodiversity-5193463

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/autism-autistic-positive-neurodiversity

https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/social-life-blog/2015/jul/29/autism-in-the-workplace-always-thought-you-were-a-bit-weird

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/25/apologising-deaf-society-hearing-aids-ableist

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