That the symbol for neurodiversity is the mathematical symbol for infinity might tell you something about its meaning.
The term neurodiversity was coined in 1998 by Australian sociologist Judy Singer and refers to a range of natural variation in neurocognitive profiles across the whole population. While the boundaries can be quite flexible, even if you were to divide people into “neurotypical” and “neurodivergent” categories, with the latter including ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and Tourette’s syndrome, there is variance within each of those too.
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