neurodivergent

adj
/ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊ.daɪˈvɜː.dʒənt/UK/ˌnʊ.ɹoʊ.dɪˈvɜɹ.dʒənt/US

Etymology

From neuro- + divergent. Coined by neurodiversity activist Kassiane Asasumasu in 2000.

Definitions

  1. Having an atypical neurological configuration.

    • Neurodivergent people exist all over the world and in every class, gender, race and sexuality. On other planets there are probably neurodivergent aliens too […]
  2. One who is neurodivergent.

    • A second input stream, like closed captions, gives neurodivergents at work a better understanding of the context.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for neurodivergent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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