A Neurodiversity-Affirmative Approach to Psychology
Neurodiversity explains that neurological differences between humans are actually natural genetic variations. Accordingly, the neurodiversity lens concludes that “non-neurotypical” symptoms and behaviours are a reflection of different ways human behaviour and functioning can be expressed. Hence, these symptoms and behaviours are not a “disorder” or something that needs to be “fixed”. In a nutshell, neurodiversity touts that differences are not defects. They’re just, quite sim