Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity is a belief that differences in brain types are natural and normal variances in the human genome. Everyone needs to be understood, respected, and valued for who they are.
There are many different ways to be neurodivergent. I usually coach people with the neurodiversities below. In each, where applicable you will find signs, challenges, types, strengths, and resources.
ADHD is a chronic neuro-biological condition which causes the dysregulation of executive function skills. About 5% of the population has ADHD. It usually moves into adulthood for most people. Men and women have ADHD equally.
Terms are important. And moving at a fast pace. Autism has a huge spectrum. Asperger’s Syndrome was moved to the autism spectrum as of 2013 when the DSM-5 was last updated, and the term is getting bad press as the history of Hans Asperger becomes more clear. But terms like High Functioning Autism automatically draw a comparison taking away some humanity from people who have more autistic characteristics.
Dyspraxia is a neurological disorder throughout the brain that results in life-long impaired motor, memory, judgment, processing, and other cognitive skills. Dyspraxia also impacts the immune and central nervous systems. Each person’s experience with Dyspraxia is different.
Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in learning to read. Dyslexia takes away an individual’s ability to read quickly and automatically, and to retrieve spoken words easily, but it does not dampen one’s creativity and ingenuity. (The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity) It is believed that one in five people are dyslexic.
