0 the idea that people having a range of different types of brain, including those with and without autism, should be regarded as part of normal human life:
Neurodiversity challenges the view that certain neurological conditions are inherently pathological.
Those in the neurodiversity movement say talk of a cure is insulting because it suggests autistic people need to be "fixed".
Neurodiversity is the concept that neurological differences are to be recognized and respected like any other human variation.
He subscribes to the idea that autism is a form of neurodiversity and believes that many of the difficulties autistic people face are due to society rather than the condition itself.
Neurodiversity advocates argue that it might prove more helpful to acknowledge a broader spectrum of human variation, rather than approaching these variations as "mental illnesses".
