My understanding of neurodiversity is constantly evolving and best understood through experiences, relationships and all types of ways we expand our thinking beyond just a written text but I understand it as an approach to learning and disability that argues diverse neurological conditions are result of normal variations in the human genome.
Neurodiversity has its roots in the social model of disability, which considers disability to be a civil rights issue. The social model rejects the notion that an individual must be “normal” to enjoy the full range of human experience, arguing that an impairment should not constitute a barrier to inclusion or access. Disability, then, stems largely from society’s failure to accommodate varying needs
