"neurodiversity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌnjʊəɹə(ʊ)daɪˈvɜːsɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-dɪ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌn(j)ʊɹoʊˌdaɪˈvɝsəti/ [General-American], /-də-/ [General-American], [-ɾi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-neurodiversity.wav Forms: neurodiversities [plural]
Etymology: From neuro- (prefix denoting the nervous system) + diversity, coined by the Australian sociologist Judy Singer (born 1951) in her 1998 Bachelor of Arts dissertation, and popularized by Harvey Blume in a September 1998 article in The Atlantic: see the quotations. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|snéh₁wr̥}} PIE word *snéh₁wr̥, {{PIE word|en|dwís}} PIE word *dwís, {{root|en|ine-pro|*wert-|*-teh₂ts}}, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{prefix|en|neuro|diversity|pos1=prefix denoting the nervous system}} neuro- (prefix denoting the nervous system) + diversity, {{coinage|en|Judy Singer|nat=the Australian|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=sociologist}} coined by the Australian sociologist Judy Singer Head templates: {{en-noun|-|neurodiversities}} neurodiversity (usually uncountable, plural neurodiversities)
  1. The variety of configurations of the brain, especially with regard to autism. Wikipedia link: BBC Online, The Atlantic, neurodiversity Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Autism Related terms: aneurotypical [uncommon], neuroatypical, neuroatypicality, neurodivergence, neurodivergent, neurodiverse, neurodiversity-affirming, neuronormative, neurotypical, neurotypicality Translations (variety of configurations of the brain): neurodiversiteit (Afrikaans), newodivèsité [feminine] (Antillean Creole), تَنَوُّع عَصَبِيّ (tanawwuʕ ʕaṣabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), neurodiversidá [feminine] (Asturian), neuroaniztasun (Basque), neurobestelakotasun (Basque), neurodiversitat [feminine] (Catalan), 神經多樣性 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经多样性 (shénjīng duōyàngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), neurodiversità [feminine] (Corsican), neurudiversità [feminine] (Corsican), neurodiversiteit [feminine] (Dutch), neurokirjo (Finnish), neurodiversiteetti (Finnish), neurodiversité [feminine] (French), neurodiversidade [feminine] (Galician), Neurodiversität [feminine] (German), νευροποικιλότητα (nevropoikilótita) [feminine] (Greek), neurodiverzitás (Hungarian), neurodiversità [feminine] (Italian), 神経多様性 (shinkei tayō-sei) (Japanese), ニューロダイバーシティ (nyūrodaibāshiti) (taxonomic: English form) (Japanese), 신경다양성 (sin'gyeongdayangseong) (Korean), neurodiversitas [feminine] (Latin), nevrodiversitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nevromangfold [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nevrodiversitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nevromangfald [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), neurodiversitat [feminine] (Occitan), neuroróżnorodność [feminine] (Polish), neurodiversidade [feminine] (Portuguese), нейроразнообра́зие (nejroraznoobrázije) [neuter] (Russian), neurodiversidade [feminine] (Sardinian), neurotska raznolikost [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neurodiversidad [feminine] (Spanish), neurodiversitet [common-gender] (Swedish), niwroamrywiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "text": "Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment? Cybernetics and computer culture, for example, may favor a somewhat autistic cast of mind.",
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          "ref": "2021 October 14, Nancy Doyle, “Neurodiversity is Not a Pollyanna Concept: Judy Singer Says Get Realistic”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-22:",
          "text": "The Neurodiversity movement is progressing towards an acceptance in mainstream business. Neurodiversity inclusion is increasingly likely to be present in EDI [equality, diversity, and inclusion] policies alongside gender, race and LGBTQIA+ in many leading industries (though I note that disability more broadly is lagging behind).",
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          "text": "Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment? Cybernetics and computer culture, for example, may favor a somewhat autistic cast of mind.",
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          "ref": "2021 October 14, Nancy Doyle, “Neurodiversity is Not a Pollyanna Concept: Judy Singer Says Get Realistic”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-22:",
          "text": "The Neurodiversity movement is progressing towards an acceptance in mainstream business. Neurodiversity inclusion is increasingly likely to be present in EDI [equality, diversity, and inclusion] policies alongside gender, race and LGBTQIA+ in many leading industries (though I note that disability more broadly is lagging behind).",
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