Has “Neurodiversity” Gone Rogue?

On a Movement Undermining its Own Linguistic Innovation

Jenara Nerenberg
6 min readDec 13, 2021

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I do my best thinking against the hum of long international flights, normally over the Pacific.

I often melt into airplane seats, my body collapsing, finding rest for more hours at a time than my usual suburban life in Northern California allows. My husband is originally from Nepal and so…

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Jenara Nerenberg

Author, Divergent Mind (HarperCollins). Journalist at UC Berkeley & Garrison. Founder, The Neurodiversity Project. divergentlit.com