Bipolar disorder (BD) may be a type of neurodivergence. The exact cause of BD is unclear, but it might involve differences in brain functioning and structure. If so, a person with bipolar could ...

When I was younger, I knew my brain worked differently. There wasn’t a term for it (or at least I didn’t know it), but I often had trouble focusing on one thing for too long. Although I was quick to ...

Our current thinking about mental health is still disproportionately influenced by what's known as the medical model, which conceptualizes cognitive differences in terms of disability or disease.

Neurodevelopment refers to the brain’s development of neurological pathways that influence performance or functioning. Atypical development of the brain can have an impact on a range of cognitive and ...

Recently, I was explaining my work as an advocate for neurodivergent people, and a member of my audience asked me, “What does neurodivergent mean?” She added, “I think I know what it means. But I’m ...