In Tibetan Buddhism and later traditions of mysticism and the paranormal , a tulpa is a materialized being or thought-form , typically in human form, that is created through spiritual practice and intense concentration. Modern practitioners, who call themselves "tulpamancers", use the term to refer to a type of willed imaginary friend which practitioners consider to be sentient and relatively independent . Modern practitioners predominantly consider tulpas to be a psychological rather than a paranormal concept. The idea became an important belief in Theosophy .
74-514: The concept of tulpas has origins in the Buddhist nirmāṇakāya , translated in Tibetan as sprul-pa ( སྤྲུལ་པ་ ): the earthly bodies that a buddha manifests in order to teach those who have not attained nirvana . The western understanding of tulpas was developed by twentieth-century European mystical explorers, who interpreted the idea independently of buddhahood. 20th-century Theosophists adapted
148-484: A portmanteau of the words neurological diversity , which had been used as early as 1996 in online spaces such as InLv to describe the growing concept of a natural diversity in humanity's neurological expression. The same year, it was published in Judy Singer 's sociology honors thesis, drawing on discussions on the independent living mailing list that included Blume. Singer has described herself as "likely somewhere on
222-489: A behavioral standard or clinical ideal. Proponents of neurodiversity strive to reconceptualize autism and related conditions in society by acknowledging that neurodiversity does not require a cure, changing the language from the current "condition, disease, disorder, or illness"-based nomenclature, "broadening the understanding of healthy or independent living", acknowledging new types of autonomy, and giving neurodivergent individuals more control over their treatment, including
296-589: A broad variety of people, not just people with neurodevelopmental disorders , such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder , and dyslexia . She further emphasized that it should not be used to exclude people but rather to include them. This term provided activists a way to advocate increased rights and accessibility for non-autistic people who do not have typical neurocognitive functioning. Neurodivergent has been used in multiple ways since Asasumasu's conception, especially to refer specifically to individuals diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. It
370-865: A career path that they feel is attainable for them. Another consideration is the implementation of a universal design approach (UDL) when building learning spaces or communal areas that considers the needs of neurodivergent students. A UDL design incorporates a design that accommodates the needs of all students, including the neurodivergent population. According to an article published in 2023, universities and post-secondary establishments would show more tolerance towards neurodivergent people. A tolerant environment can increase autonomy, leading to kindness and understanding among students. Higher education institutions offer counseling and support services to students. However, neurodivergent students face particular challenges that impair their ability to receive consistent support and care. Additionally, counseling and support services face
444-660: A combination of factors, including the type of disability, the level of impairment, and the student's access to resources and accommodations. A common difficulty for neurodivergent students is maintaining social relationships, which can give rise to loneliness , anxiety , and depression . There is also the added stress and difficulty of transitioning into higher education, as well as the responsibilities and task management required in college. Many neurodivergent students may find that they need added support. As for academics, neurodivergent students may experience difficulties in learning, executive function , managing peer relationships in
518-434: A difference, and not a deficit, is developmentally beneficial and "transcend[s] a false dichotomy between celebrating differences and ameliorating deficit". Neurodiversity advocate John Elder Robison argues that the disabilities and strengths conferred by neurological differences may be mutually inseparable. "When 99 neurologically identical people fail to solve a problem, it's often the 1% fellow who's different who holds
592-440: A job position. Stigmas against neurodivergence (especially against autistic individuals) and cognition challenges in social situations can hinder an individual's ability to perform well in a traditional job interview. Organizations such as Specialisterne aim to use neurodivergent employees' particular skills – such as pattern recognition , detection of deviations, attention to detail, analytical thinking , and extended focus – in
666-407: A lack of funding, personnel, and specialists that can adequately support neurodivergent students. Overall, these services work for some students and not for others. Nachman and colleagues reviewed several articles published by two-year community colleges and found some discrepancies in the way that they perceived and categorized "disabled" students and "non-disabled" students. They found that all of
740-1004: A lack of social motivation. For example, testimonies from autistic individuals report that avoiding eye contact serves an important function of helping them to concentrate during conversation, and should not be interpreted as expressing social disinterest. The neurodiversity paradigm was developed and embraced first by autistic people , but has been applied to other conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental speech disorders , dyslexia , dysgraphia , dyspraxia , dyscalculia , dysnomia , intellectual disability , obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome , and sometimes mental illnesses such as schizophrenia , bipolar disorder , schizoaffective disorder , and, somewhat more controversially, personality disorders such as antisocial personality disorder . Neurodiversity advocates who support those with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurodevelopmental disorders do not agree in framing medical interventions as
814-466: A level similar to the purely non-autistic group. The double empathy problem theory implies there is no simple fix that can help each group better empathize with each other. Moreover, attempting to "treat" an autistic person by teaching them to empathize with non-autistic people could generate mental health issues and feelings of inferiority and self-blame. The same risks do not apply when seeking to teach non-autistic people, because their allistic neurology
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#1732859262900888-439: A powerful concentration of thought." David-Néel believed that a tulpa could develop a mind of its own: "Once the tulpa is endowed with enough vitality to be capable of playing the part of a real being, it tends to free itself from its maker's control. According to David-Néel, this happens nearly mechanically, just as the child, when her body is completed and able to live apart, leaves its mother's womb." She said she had created such
962-425: A stroke into two categories of self-view: "A 'difference' view—where neurodiversity was seen as a difference incorporating a set of strengths and weaknesses, or a 'medical/deficit' view—where neurodiversity was seen as a disadvantageous medical condition". They found that, although all of the students reported uniformly difficult schooling careers involving exclusion, abuse, and bullying, those who viewed themselves from
1036-443: A tulpa in the image of a jolly Friar Tuck -like monk , which she claimed had later developed independent thought and had to be destroyed. David-Néel raised the possibility that her experience was illusory: "I may have created my own hallucination", though she said others could see the thoughtforms that she created. Influenced by depictions in television and cinema from the 1990s and 2000s, the term tulpa started to be used to refer to
1110-423: A tulpa is a "real or somewhat-real person". The number of active participants in these online communities is in the low hundreds, and few meetings in person have taken place. They belong to "primarily urban, middle-class, Euro-American adolescent and young adult demographics" and they "cite loneliness and social anxiety as an incentive to pick up the practice". 93.7% of respondents expressed that their involvement with
1184-694: A type of willed imaginary friend . Practitioners consider tulpas to be sentient and relatively autonomous. Online communities dedicated to tulpas spawned on the 4chan and Reddit websites. These communities refer to tulpa practitioners as "tulpamancers". The communities gained popularity when adult fans of My Little Pony started discussing tulpas of characters from the My Little Pony television series. The fans attempted to use meditation and lucid dreaming techniques to create imaginary friends. Surveys by Veissière explored this community's demographic, social, and psychological profiles. These practitioners believe
1258-526: A unique perspective when caring for patients. Some healthcare staff agree that inviting neurodivergent individuals to join patient advisory groups or hiring them as staff are essential steps to acceptance and integration in the workforce. Neurodivergent people's unique strengths can be vital to health system innovation and improvement efforts. One example of the push toward this is the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, in which one of their goals
1332-478: A useful tool for those with difficulty in social situations. By connecting neurodivergent users, media platforms provide " safe spaces " that are helpful in forming relationships. Some media developers have created platforms such as Blossom, which are designed specifically to connect neurodivergent users and families. Social media also allows users to spread awareness about the neurodiversity movement . Increasing awareness about disorders has been shown to increase
1406-511: A way to " cure " or "fix" these individuals. Rather, they promote support systems such as inclusion-focused services, accommodations, communication and assistive technologies, occupational training, and independent living support. The intention is for individuals to receive support that honors human diversity and feel that they are able to freely express themselves. Other forms of treatment may cause them to feel as though they are being coerced or forced to adapt to social norms , or to conform to
1480-412: Is a neologism widely used in the neurodiversity movement as a label for anyone who has a neurotype that fits into the norm of thinking patterns. Thus, the term "neurotypical" includes anyone who is not autistic , and does not have ADHD , dyslexia , anxiety, or any other condition that would be considered neurodivergent. The term has been adopted by both the neurodiversity movement and some members of
1554-424: Is also used as an umbrella term used to describe people with atypical mental and behavioral traits, such as mood , anxiety , dissociative , psychotic , personality , and eating disorders . Under the neurodiversity framework, these conditions are often referred to as "neurodivergencies", in an effort to move away from the medical model of disability (sometimes referred to in the neurodiversity community as
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#17328592629001628-608: Is also used in Evans-Wentz 's 1927 translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead . The concept is also used in the Western practice of magic . The Slender Man has been described by some people as a tulpa-effect, and attributed to multiple people's thought processes. Occultist William Walker Atkinson in his book The Human Aura described thoughtforms as simple ethereal objects emanating from
1702-521: Is neurodivergence-informed therapy, which reframes dysfunction as interconnectedness among society rather than strictly individual, advocating for acceptance and pride in the neurodiversity community, and the push for therapists to pursue humility regarding the knowledge and education associated with individuals who identify as neurodivergent. Similarly, neurodiversity affirming therapy supports neurodivergent differences, rather than viewing them as something that should be "cured", and to offer ways to support
1776-420: Is normal and that some conditions generally classified as disorders, such as autism , are differences and disabilities that are not necessarily pathological . Neurotypical individuals are those who fall within the average range of functioning and thinking. The neurodiversity movement started in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the start of Autism Network International . Much of the correspondence that led to
1850-526: Is not stigmatized. The advantage of the theory is reducing pathologization of autistic people by identifying that everyone struggles to empathize with different neurotypes. It can also help neurotypical individuals to better understand how neurodivergent people think and empathize and to recognize their own limitations in empathizing with autistic people. Jaswal and Akhtar (2019) highlight the difference between being socially uninterested and appearing socially uninterested, and challenge preconceived notions of
1924-404: Is the social model of disability , which puts emphasis on the way that society treats people with disabilities. Through the social model of disability, the experiences of neurodivergent students in higher education is partially influenced by the reactions and attitudes of other students and the institution itself. The emotional experiences of neurodivergent students in higher education depend on
1998-540: Is the third aspect of the trikāya and the physical manifestation of a Buddha in time and space. In Vajrayāna it is described as "the dimension of ceaseless manifestation." One early Buddhist text , the Pali Samaññaphala Sutta , lists the ability to create a “mind-made body” ( manomāyakāya ) as one of the "fruits of the contemplative life". Commentarial texts such as the Patisambhidamagga and
2072-552: Is to discover the strengths of neurodivergent individuals and make use of their talents to increase innovation and productivity of their society, such as working in the field of healthcare and medicine. Neurodiversity has also recently been investigated as a new way of working within neurodevelopmental clinics in the UK. A team of researchers in Portsmouth, England, have created an approach in aiding neurodivergent individuals known as PANDA, or
2146-581: The Abhidharmakośakārikā . Asanga 's Bodhisattvabhūmi defines nirmāṇa as a magical illusion and "basically, something without a material basis." The Madhyamaka school of philosophy sees all reality as empty of essence; all reality is seen as a form of nirmita or magical illusion. In Tibetan Buddhism , nirmanakayas are emanations of the Sambhoghakaya of the Buddhas, which effortlessly arise due to
2220-561: The Visuddhimagga state that this mind-made body is how Gautama Buddha and arhats are able to travel into heavenly realms using the continuum of the mindstream ( cittasaṃtāna ) and it is also used to explain the multiplication miracle of the Buddha as illustrated in the Divyavadana , in which the Buddha multiplied his nirmita or emanated human form into countless other bodies which filled
2294-539: The Nyingma scholar yogi Jigme Lingpa, the main classifications include: Neurodiversity The neurodiversity paradigm is a framework for understanding human brain function that recognizes the diversity within sensory processing , motor abilities , social comfort , cognition , and focus as neurobiological differences. This diversity falls on a spectrum of neurocognitive differences. The neurodiversity paradigm argues that diversity in human cognition
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2368-513: The Vajrayana concept of the emanation body into the concepts of 'tulpa' and 'thoughtform'. The Theosophist Annie Besant , in the 1905 book Thought-Forms , divides them into three classes: forms in the shape of the person who creates them, forms that resemble objects or people and may become ensouled by nature spirits or by the dead, and forms that represent inherent qualities from the astral or mental planes, such as emotions. The term 'thoughtform'
2442-632: The auras surrounding people, generating from their thoughts and feelings. He further elaborated in Clairvoyance and Occult Powers how experienced practitioners of the occult can produce thoughtforms from their auras that serve as astral projections which may or may not look like the person who is projecting them, or as illusions that can only be seen by those with "awakened astral senses". Spiritualist Alexandra David-Néel stated that she had observed Buddhist tulpa creation practices in 20th-century Tibet. She described tulpas as "magic formations generated by
2516-460: The autistic spectrum ". Blume was an early advocate who predicted the role the Internet would play in fostering the international neurodiversity movement. In a New York Times piece on June 30, 1997, Blume described the foundation of neurodiversity using the term neurological pluralism . Some authors also credit the earlier work of autistic advocate Jim Sinclair in laying the foundation for
2590-470: The "difference" view (41% of the study cohort) "indicated higher academic self-esteem and confidence in their abilities and many (73%) expressed considerable career ambitions with positive and clear goals". Many of these students reported gaining this view of themselves through contact with neurodiversity advocates in online support groups. A 2013 online survey which aimed to assess conceptions of autism and neurodiversity suggested that conception of autism as
2664-438: The "pathology paradigm" ). Advocates within the neurodiversity movements have also coined other alternative neologisms that people use to refer to themselves with the goal to remove the stigma of the medicalized view of neurodiversity. These terms, such as neurospicy are often used instead of neurodivergent by people when referring to themself. Neurotypical (an abbreviation of neurologically typical , sometimes NT )
2738-414: The 2010s to support campaigns. Annual traditions were formed such as Disability Day of Mourning and Autistics Speaking Day. Damian Milton notes that, in 2014, Nick Walker attempted to define neurodiversity, the neurodiversity movement, and the neurodiversity paradigm. Walker tied neurodiversity to the idea that "all brains are to a degree unique". She also defined the movement as a rights movement, and
2812-964: The Autistic Doctors International created by Dr. Mary Doherty. Another approach is the implementation of a 5-minute video summary (5MVS) for medical learners and physicians who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It consists of a 5-minute recorded video summary in which an engaging speaker presents the relevant information from a scientific article about ADHD using a brief PowerPoint presentation shared using videoconferencing technology. The researchers state that providing this educational tool for helping medical learners and physicians with ADHD acquire relevant information from scientific articles could help in addressing their inattention, impulsivity and/or hyperactivity, and improve their development of critical appraisal skills when working in healthcare. Similarly, healthcare systems may benefit from hiring neurodivergent individuals to gain
2886-585: The Portsmouth Alliance Neurodiversity Approach. This approach may help medical and healthcare professionals facilitate understanding, communication and early support for children who may identify as being neurodivergent. Neurodiversity and the role it plays in therapeutic settings has been a central focal point in recent years. Many therapists and mental health professionals have pushed for more inclusive psychotherapeutic frameworks appropriate for neurodivergent individuals. One example
2960-473: The amount of factual information spread. The spread of information through social media exposure can assist the neurodiversity movement in educating the public about understanding disabilities such as autism and sifting out misinformation. By sharing neurodivergent experiences from a first hand perspective, social media can educate the public and destigmatize certain disorders, but negative portrayals of neurodivergence can have an obstructive impact on members of
3034-617: The articles were attempting to normalize disability. Many of them put distinct separation between typical and atypical learners as well as their potential academic achievement. Nachman also found that many of the articles showed a lack of autonomy for neurodivergent students. They had little power in regard to academic choices and classroom management. Neurodivergent individuals are subjected to bias when applying and interviewing for job positions. Specifically, neurodivergent individuals can have their social engagement style compared to neurotypical individuals, which can affect their ability to obtain
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3108-432: The authenticity of neurodivergent users based on stereotypes shows that the neurodiversity movement has not reached its goal of inclusion. Medical and healthcare professionals have begun to acknowledge neurodivergence among employees. Specifically, more groups are being created that are centered around advocacy and peer support among medical and healthcare professionals who associate themselves with neurodiversity, such as
3182-444: The classroom or in group work, and other impairments that can affect academic performance and success in higher education. However, neurodivergent students may find that their differences are a strength and an integral part of their new social roles as adults. The typical curriculum and format of higher education may pose as a challenge for neurodivergent students, and a lack of support and flexibility from staff may further complicate
3256-436: The communities themselves to connect. Media platforms allow the connection of individuals of similar backgrounds to find a community of support with one another. Online networking and connections allows for the user to decide their level of comfort with interactions, and allow them to retain control of a relationship with another user. For the neurodivergent community, the use of social media to create relationships has proven
3330-524: The community. Although representation of the neurodivergent community has grown with the help of social media platforms, those users are often criticized and misunderstood. Social media has not entirely removed the social barriers that restrict inclusion of neurodivergent people. Some have reported needing to conform to the mainstream view of their disability to be seen as "authentic" users. Doing so has indirectly made it more difficult for neurodivergent users to grow platforms. Non-disabled users evaluating
3404-437: The compassionate energy ( thugs rje ) of the Buddhas. According to Jigme Lingpa , nirmanakaya (emanations) appear "according to the different perceptions, dispositions, and aspirations" of sentient beings. He also states that "their enlightened activities, which remove the delusions of samsara, are as limitless as the boundless reaches of space." In Tibetan Buddhism, there are various types of tulkus or nirmanakaya. According to
3478-429: The context of biodiversity and the politics of minority groups . Some neurodiversity advocates and researchers argue that the neurodiversity paradigm is the middle ground between a strong medical model and a strong social model. Neurodivergent individuals face unique challenges in education and the workplace. The efficacy of accessibility and support programs in career development and higher education depends on
3552-755: The creation of tulpas has "made their condition better", and led to new unusual sensory experiences. Some practitioners have sexual and romantic interactions with their tulpas, though the practice is controversial and trending toward taboo . One survey found that 8.5% support a metaphysical explanation of tulpas, 76.5% support a neurological or psychological explanation, and 14% "other" explanations. Practitioners believe tulpas are able to communicate with their host in ways they sense do not originate from their own thoughts. Some practitioners report experiencing hallucinations of their tulpas. Practitioners that have hallucinations report being able to see, hear and touch their tulpas. Veissière's survey of 141 respondents found that
3626-684: The criteria to be diagnosed with autism. Early uses of NT were often satirical, as in the Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical, but it has been adopted by the neurodiversity movement too, and is now used in a serious manner. People with any form of neurocognitive or mental disorder , whether congenital or acquired, have also sometimes been excluded from the neurotypical label, particularly in academic studies for specific disorders that use neurotypical control groups. In this sense,
3700-470: The early 2010s such as Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism. More autistic people were appointed to federal advisory boards like Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and National Council on Disability . There were various campaigns like the ongoing #StopTheShock related to the use of aversive treatment at Judge Rotenberg Center and various protests against Autism Speaks . Various flashblogs popped up during
3774-535: The experiences of autistic and non-autistic people are so different that it is hard for one to understand how the other thinks; for example, non-autistic people may not understand when an autistic person is overwhelmed. It was originally conceived in 2012 by autistic scholar Damian Milton . One study comparing the conversations and socialization of autistic groups, non-autistic groups, and mixed groups found that autistic people were more able to build rapport with other autistic people than with non-autistic people, and at
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#17328592629003848-411: The formation of the movement happened over autism conferences, namely the autistic-led autreat , penpal lists, and Usenet . The framework grew out of the disability rights movement and builds on the social model of disability , arguing that disability partly arises from societal barriers , rather than attributing disability purely to inherent deficits. It instead situates human cognitive variation in
3922-446: The implications it may have in the therapeutic environment in working with the neurodivergent population. Another form of therapeutic intervention in that has been investigated in neurodivergent individuals is the use of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs). NDBIs have been shown to have positive effects on language and social-communication while, at the same time, respecting individuals’ needs and autonomy. One of
3996-598: The individual with difficult areas, while still appreciating their needs and strengths. Therapeutic programs and interventions are also being investigated for the neurodivergent community. Self-determination programs to help neurodivergent individuals achieve goals in their life has been founded to be successful, with neurodivergent participants finding it to be "appropriate, acceptable, and feasible". Various approaches (e.g., eye-tracking, longitudinal data, computational modeling) in understanding perceptual decision-making in neurodivergent individuals are also being studied and
4070-544: The individual. Social media has introduced a platform where neurodiversity awareness and support has emerged, further promoting the neurodiversity movement. The neurodiversity paradigm has been controversial among disability advocates, with opponents arguing it risks downplaying the suffering associated with some disabilities, and that it calls for the acceptance of things some would wish to be treated. The word neurodiversity first appeared in publication in 1998, in an article by American journalist Harvey Blume, as
4144-436: The key. Yet that person may be disabled or disadvantaged most or all of the time. To neurodiversity proponents, people are disabled because they are at the edges of the bell curve, not because they are sick or broken." There are several models that are used to understand disability within the spectrum of neurodiversity. There is the medical model of disability that views people as needing to be treated or cured. Another model
4218-521: The medical (or pathology) model can be applied in treating certain traits, behaviors, or conditions that are intrinsically harmful (e.g. self-injury behaviors, epilepsy, or other co-occurring health conditions), while neurodiversity approaches can be applied to non-harmful or adaptive autistic traits (e.g. stimming , intense interests ) of the same individual. In recent years, both new intervention strategies and neurodiversity-based reforms of existing intervention strategies have been developed. Following
4292-419: The medical model is associated with higher stigma. Similarly, some researchers and advocates also argue that a medicalizing approach can contribute to stigma and ableism, and that the persistent focus on biological research in autism is at odds with the priorities of those in the autism community. Autistic self-advocate and researcher Ari Ne'eman has suggested a trait-based approach, where elements of
4366-664: The movement. Sinclair's 1993 speech "Don't Mourn For Us" emphasized autism as a way of being, claiming "it is not possible to separate the person from the autism." The Neurodiversity Movement grew largely from online interaction. The internet's design lent well to the needs of many autistic people. People socialized over listservs and IRCs . Some of the websites used for organizing in the Neurodiversity Movement's early days include sites like Autistics.Org and Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse. Core principles were developed from there. Principles such as advocating for
4440-446: The neurodiversity movement in the media came about with changes in the technology of the media platforms themselves. The recent addition of text-based options on various social media sites allow disabled users to communicate, enjoy, and share at a more accessible rate. Social media has a two-fold benefit to the neurodivergent community: it can help spread awareness and pioneer the neurodiversity movement, and it can also allow members of
4514-704: The paradigm as a broader discussion of diversity, cultural constructions and social dynamics. In recent years, the concept of neurodiversity has gained traction among members of the scientific community, who have argued that autism researchers have sometimes been too ready to interpret differences as deficits. It has also been suggested that there are both ethical and practical risks in attempting to reduce or suppress autistic traits through interventions, as some recent studies have indicated that higher levels of masking are generally associated with poorer mental health outcomes among autistic people, including suicidality . Researchers have found that psychoeducation based on
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#17328592629004588-705: The rates of neurodivergence including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was significantly higher among the surveyed tulpamancers than in the general population. He goes on to speculate that people may be more likely to want to make a tulpa because these groups have a higher level of loneliness. Tulpamancers were typically white, articulate, and imaginative and lived in urban areas. A 2022 study found individuals that did not have psychosis who experienced more than one unusual sensory phenomenon, (in this instance autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) and tulpamancy) were found to have greater hallucination-proneness than people that only experienced one of
4662-542: The rights and autonomy of all people with brain disabilities with a focus on autism. The main conflicts from the beginning were about who the real experts on autism are, what causes autism, what treatments are appropriate, and who gets to call themselves autistic. During the 2000s, people started blogs such as Mel Baggs ' Ballastexistenz and Kevin Leitch's Left Brain Right Brain. Eventually, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
4736-541: The rise of the autism rights movement in the 1990s, many autistic advocates, including Kassiane Asasumasu , recognized that a wide variety of people experienced the world in ways similar to autistic people, despite not being autistic. As a result, Asasumasu coined the related terms neurodivergent and neurodivergence circa 2000. According to Asasumasu, neurodivergent/neurodivergence refers to those "whose neurocognitive functioning diverges from dominant societal norms in multiple ways". She intended for these terms to apply to
4810-581: The scientific community. In contrast to some of the shortcomings of terms like 'neurotypical' (such as its underlying assumption that neurodivergent experiences are an anomaly, i.e. not typical), a growing group of advocates in the neurodivergent movement prefer other terms such as "neuroconforming". Modern neuroscientists such as writer Mo Costandi view the neurodiversity movement and terms like "neurotypical" to be pseudoscientific , having no use in neuroscience. Early definitions described neurotypicals as individuals who do not have autism and do not meet
4884-458: The sky. A Buddha or other realized being is able to project many such nirmitas simultaneously in an infinite variety of forms in different realms simultaneously. The Indian Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu ( fl. 4th to 5th century CE) defined nirmita as a siddhi or psychic power (Pali iddhi , Sanskrit: ṛddhi ) developed through Buddhist discipline, concentrated discipline ( samadhi ) and wisdom in his seminal work on Buddhist philosophy,
4958-402: The social aspects of college life. Similarly, career preparation that is specifically targeted for neurodivergent students is lacking. There are several programs, such as supported employment , that exist to help assist neurodivergent individuals in finding and obtaining a job. However, many of these programs do not exist in schools. This can make it difficult for neurodivergent students to find
5032-524: The term is now contrasted to neurodivergent. Some people prefer the term allistic , which unambiguously means "not autistic". The National Autistic Society of the United Kingdom describes the word as "mainly used by autistic people so may not be applicable in, for example, the popular press". The theory of the double empathy problem argues that autistic people do not lack empathy as often supposed by people who see autism as pathological. Rather,
5106-562: The two sensory phenomenon. Somer et al. (2021) described the Internet tulpamancer subculture as being used to "overcome loneliness and mental suffering", and noted the close association with reality shifting (RS), a way of deliberately inducing a form of self-hypnosis in order to escape from current reality into a pre-planned desired reality or "wonderland" of chosen fantasy characters. Nirm%C4%81%E1%B9%87ak%C4%81ya Nirmāṇakāya ( Chinese : 應身 ; pinyin : yīngshēn ; Tibetan : སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ , tulku , Wylie : sprul sku )
5180-437: The type, timing, and whether there should be treatment at all. Activists such as Jennifer White-Johnson have helped bring attention to the neurodiversity movement, by creating symbols of protest and recognition, including a combination of the black power fist and infinity symbol . A 2009 study separated 27 students with conditions including autism, dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, ADHD, and having suffered
5254-515: The university experience. Thus, reasonable adjustments are available to students who disclose their disabilities. However, these adjustments and/or accommodations may put an emphasis on academics, and less on the various challenges of higher education on neurodivergent students. For instance, neurodivergent students in higher education also report a need for non-academic supports, such as social mentorships and resources for strength-based interventions in order to further assist neurodivergent students in
5328-744: The workforce, as well as educate companies on supporting neurodivergent employees. In a systematic review that considered developmental dyslexia as "an expression of neurodiversity", it was suggested that neurodiversity is not yet an established concept in the workplace, and therefore, support from social relationships and work accommodations is minimal. Furthermore, another systematic review that focused on pharmacological and combined pharmacological/ psychosocial interventions for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder found that there were few workplace-based intervention studies, and suggested that additional research needs to be conducted to figure out how to best support neurodivergent employees in
5402-511: The workplace. A study conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that neurodivergent individuals would benefit from remote work as it allowed them to engage in their interests, but that social engagement is still necessary for productivity and performance. Another study supported these findings and stressed the need for redesigned work and social conditions to be more inclusive for individuals with autism. The increase of representation of
5476-566: Was started by Ari Ne'eman and Scott Robertson to further align the Neurodiversity Movement with the greater disability rights movement . ASAN led the Ransom Notes Campaign to successfully remove stigmatizing disability ads posted by the NYU Child Study Center. This was a massive turning point for the Neurodiversity Movement. From there, the Neurodiversity Movement continued to grow with the formation of more organizations in
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