ABSTRACT
This chapter explores: what is meant by the term neurodiversity and what it means to be neurodivergent, aspects of neurodivergency often recognised as: dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and how to remove barriers to learning for children with neurodivergent approaches to learning. It explores what is meant by the term 'disability' and the tensions between medical and social models of disability. The chapter also explores how disabled children and adults can face barriers to their well-being and achievement because they are seen, usually by the able-bodied community, as being limited by their perceived disability. It discusses in more detail a number of specific conditions that fall under the neurodiversity umbrella. In discussing neurodiversity conditions, people needs to be aware that being able to label or define a condition is only part, albeit often a very helpful part, of the picture.
