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"Neurodivergent" is a general category for people whose neurological development and state are atypical, and it includes people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or many other neurological conditions or mental illnesses. The word neurodivergent comes from the neurodiversity movement, which was started by autistic rights activists in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement seeks civil rights for neurodivergent people, and encourages seeing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity.<ref name="disabled world">"What Is: Neurodiversity, Neurodivergent, Neurotypical." ''Disabled World.'' Updated April 7, 2020. https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/neurodiversity/</ref> | "Neurodivergent" is a general category for people whose neurological development and state are atypical, and it includes people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or many other neurological conditions or mental illnesses. The word neurodivergent comes from the neurodiversity movement, which was started by autistic rights activists in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement seeks civil rights for neurodivergent people, and encourages seeing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity.<ref name="disabled world">"What Is: Neurodiversity, Neurodivergent, Neurotypical." ''Disabled World.'' Updated April 7, 2020. https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/neurodiversity/</ref> | ||
In her book ''The Gender Creative Child'', psychologist Diane Ehrensaft wrote: | |||
{{quote|...when a child shows up with a co-occurrence of [[gender nonconformity]] and neuro-atypicality, we are meeting with gender ''and'' something else rather than gender as a symptom of something else. It might even be that the gender and the neurodiversity are part and parcel of the same thing.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gender Creative Child|page=106|last=Ehrensaft|first=Diane|year=2016}}</ref>}} | |||
In order to keep the wiki accurate to the lived experiences of neurodiverse and nonbinary people, identities should only be listed here if they cite from at least two separate external sources, showing: | In order to keep the wiki accurate to the lived experiences of neurodiverse and nonbinary people, identities should only be listed here if they cite from at least two separate external sources, showing: | ||