Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether scrolling on your phone or chatting with other parents in the playground, you’ve probably heard the words ‘neurotypical’ ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

An increasing number of people are identifying as "neurodivergent," which is a term used to describe individuals with differences in how their brains work. Everyone and every brain is unique, but some ...

A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ...

The organization of the human brain develops over time, following the coordinated expression of thousands of genes. Linking the development of healthy brain organization to genes involved in mental ...

I’ve been watching the slow babbling evolution of terms like “neurotypical” and “neurodiversity” with growing repulsion. It’s turned into a predictable social divide. The usage is based entirely on ...

Individuals with autism may try to appear more “neurotypical” to protect themselves, but this often comes at a great cost to their mental health. “Autistic masking” or camouflaging refers to the ...

In families raising a child with disabilities, the emotional spotlight often falls on the child with special needs. Parents become full-time advocates, therapists, and caregivers. Meanwhile, ...

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When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...

Camp Yakety Yak is a nonprofit day camp in Oregon where roughly 80 percent of campers are neurodivergent and 20 percent are neurotypical, and all share space and learn from each other.

Whether scrolling on your phone or chatting with other parents in the playground, you’ve probably heard the words ‘neurotypical’ and ‘neurodivergent’ thrown around lately. But what do these terms mean ...