“It describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways. There is no one ‘right’ way of thinking, learning, and behaving.”
This is how Hester and Kelly Grainger, co-founders of consultancy Perfectly Autistic, define neurodiversity.
With studies estimating that 15-20% of the global population are neurodivergent (meaning they could have been diagnosed with conditions such as autism, ADHD, ADD, dyslexia or dyspraxia), awareness is rising, yet there is still a way to go on ensuring the wider population recognises, accepts and understands it.
