The Term Neurodiversity Is Good, But Not Good EnoughA Personal Perspective: Words influence how we see and treat one another. October 3, 2023 Twenty-five years ago this month, the word neurodiversity appeared in print in a September 1998 article in The Atlantic. Judy Singer, an Australian social scientist, introduced the word in reference to autism. In 2000, Kassiane Asasumasu, an activist for the neurodiversity movement, coined the term neurodivergent to refer to any person whose development was nontypical. Movements are more than words. Read More
