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Neurodiversity
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11-20-2007 9:21 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/afbd73e6-3562-48bd-bd30-faf556f228ad/C63BEF27-53D5-40CF-8DBD-22758CFCF10E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&oldid=172220415" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&oldid=172220415" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&oldid=172220415"><P><B>Neurodiversity</B> is an idea that asserts that atypical (neurodivergent) <A title="Neurology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology">neurological</A> wiring is a normal human difference that is to be tolerated and respected as any other human difference.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-Movement_0"><A title="" href="#_note-Movement">[1]</A></SUP> The concept of neurodiversity is embraced by <A title="Autism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism">autistic</A> individuals and people with <A title="Autism spectrum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum">related conditions</A>, who believe that autism is not a disorder, but a part of who they are, and that curing autistic people would be the same as destroying their original personalities. Proponents prefer the term over such labels as "abnormal" and "disabled". Some groups apply the concept of neurodiversity to <A title="ADHD" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADHD">ADHD</A>, <A title="Speech disorder" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_disorder">developmental speech disorders</A> as well as <A title="Dyslexia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia">dyslexic</A>, <A title="Dyspraxia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspraxia">dyspraxic</A> and <A title="Hyperactivity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperactivity">hyperactive</A> people.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&oldid=172220415"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top">Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment? Cybernetics and computer culture, for example, may favor a somewhat autistic cast of mind.</TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C63BEF27-53D5-40CF-8DBD-22758CFCF10E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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