#Celebrate Diversity
April is Autism Acceptance Month. The Library is putting together a book display so our community can learn more about autism and neurodiversity and the experiences of neurodiverse people.
See the list of books we are collecting for the display.
What does it mean to be neurodiverse?
“Neurodiversity is both a philosophy and an emerging civil rights movement. Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence John Elder Robison has written this defining neurodiversity.
Acknowledging and appreciating the wide range of human neurologies, including Autism and ADHD, for example, while also acknowledging and appreciating the challenges of brain difference, is key to neurodiversity.
‘Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of [brain] wiring will prove best at any given moment?” Harvey Blume, “Neurodiversity: On the Neurological Underpinnings of Geekdom’ The Atlantic “
From the Neurdiversity Initiative website, William and Mary College
Read an explanation of the term neurodiversity from The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies.
Some more resources
The Stanford Neurodiversity Project
Neurodiversity from Psychology Today
Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity from Scientific American