Essential Neurodiversity Vocabulary: The Good, The Bad, The Different

Here’s some essential neurodiversityNeurodiversity is the diversity of human minds, the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodiversity is a biological fact. It’s not a perspective, an approach, a, disability, and equityEquityA commitment to action: the process of redistributing access and opportunity to be fair and just.A way of being: the state of being free of bias, discrimination, and identity-predictable outcomes vocabulary grouped by the good, the bad, and the differentOur friends and allies at Randimals have a saying, What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.Randimals We agree. Randimals are made up of two different animals.

Good

Neurodiversity

Social Model of Disability

Biopsychosocial Model

Self-Determination Theory

Structural Ideology

Bodily Autonomy

Psychological Safety

Niche Construction

Interdependence

Equity

The Five Neurodivergent Love Languages

💬 Identity First Language: Thinking differently requires speaking differently.

Pluralism

Community

Care

Bad

Ableism

Behaviorism

Eugenics

Double Empathy Problem

Inspiration Exploitation

Fundamental Attribution Error

🔥 Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing

Minority Stress

Different

Autism

Kinetic Cognitive Style

Monotropism

Exposure Anxiety

Situational Mutism

Bipolar

Dyslexia

Stimpunk

Punk

Stimming

Meltdown

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

Eye Contact and Neurodiversity

🌈🌈 Neurodiversity and Gender: You Hit So Hard With All the Colors That There Are

What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.