Disability justice frameworks: Education and advocacy among neurodivergent young adults

Kimberly Greenberg, Eleni (Elly) Kalfus, and Brooke Howard, Volume 28 • Issue 8 • August 2023, pp. 20–24

Background

Australian sociologist Judy Singer devised the term neurodiversity to describe the natural variations in brain functioning among people (Chapman, 2021; Singer, 1998). From this, the word neurodivergent was born to recognize neurocognitive diversity among people with diagnoses such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and dyslexia (Exceptional Individuals, 2020; Rindahl, 2021).

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