Neurodiversity Terminology

3. The wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people with autism experience.
4. When an individual camouflages their natural behaviour to conform to social pressures
7. Syndrome A neurological disorder that may cause sudden unwanted and uncontrolled rapid and repeated movements or vocal sounds called tics
8. Having increased movement, impulsive actions, a shorter attention span, and being easily distracted.
9. A neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.
12. To do things suddenly without thinking about them carefully first

1. Specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics
2. Differing mental or neurological function from what is considered typical or normal
5. Learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling
6. Acronym for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
10. Self-stimulatory behaviour involving repeating certain sounds and movements unconsciously
11. People whose brains generally function and process information in the way society expects.