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A Thinking Challenge: Brain Injury Neurodiversity

Cultural diversity, Plant diversity,Workplace diversity, Brain injury Neurodiversity. Wait! What was that last one again did that say Neurodiversity? Yup. I have just been reading up on what it means. I found an article (see below) that challenged my thinking, and not always comfortably. Yet in a worthwhile uncomfortable way! The term Neuro-diversity appears to have developed from people concerned with the label Autism. It is not without controversy as it raises some thought-provoking ideas.  Neuro-diversity is about people having a range of functions on a scale or continuum, rather than a boxed, labelled set of groups. "What is Neurodiversity" an article in Psychology Today by John Elder Robison provides a personal experience of Neurodiversity. While not focused on brain injury specifically, the issue of ‘neurodiversity’ seems relevant. I asked author Stephanie Allen Crist if I could reprint her article ‘The True Meaning of Diversity’. Stephanie has a blog called Embracing Chaos . Agree or disagree. Embrace or discard it. I hope…

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