ABSTRACT
The neurodiversity movement began with the autism rights movement, and the term neurodiversity was coined by autistic self-advocate Judy Singer in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement is “a social justice movement that seeks civil rights, equality, respect, and full societal inclusion for the neurodivergent”. The neurodiversity movement applies the same idea of removing barriers that disable people with physical impairments to people with brain differences. The neurodiversity movement also warrants reconsideration of university policies and procedures that may inadvertently disable students. Although neurodiversity is a fact, the neurodiversity paradigm provides a philosophical perspective for social justice activism in which we stress that there is not one “normal” type of brain. The neurodiversity movement is rooted in the social model of disability.
