eli5 What’s Neurodivergent Mean and Why is the Word Everywhere All of a Sudden?

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Everyone and their Mom is neurodivergent now it seems.

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It’s another label to more easily separate people from each other.

It does have a meaning. I am on the spectrum and I am neurodivergent. But I also see a therapist and learn how to cope and deal better. I do not, however, tell everyone I am neurodivergent.

I will tell people I’m a bit naïve, please explain a bit clearer, or something along those lines.

I just feel people start throwing these terms around and, eventually, they just turn into ways to mock people.

I’m a kind person. I’d like you call me that if we’re focusing only on one aspect of who we are…