All of us are facing a world which, as the acronym “VUCA” says, is volatile, uncertain, complex and
ambiguous. But imagine facing that world on a day-to-day basis when your worldview
is based on diverse cognitive patterns and alternative ways of thinking – or in
the vernacular of the day, neurodiverse.
Neurodiversity has been used in academic
circles since the 1990s and, to an extent, has become a catch-all phrase to
cover any health condition which is mental rather than physical. And when the
condition is in the mind, then it can be difficult for others to recognize,
hence my preference for another term, non-apparent disabilities.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) and autism are…
