🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Neurodiversität

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Neurodiversität

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
neurodiversity/ˌnʊə.roʊ.daɪˈvɜːr.sə.t̬i/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Konzept der Neurodiversität gewinnt in der Bildung an Bedeutung."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The range of differences in individual brain function and behavioral traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population.

    "The company actively promotes neurodiversity by creating an inclusive workplace for autistic and ADHD employees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 1990s by sociologist Judy Singer, combining the prefix 'neuro-' (relating to nerves or the brain) and 'diversity', to advocate for the recognition and inclusion of neurological differences as a natural form of human variation.

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