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budsniffer952today at 8:17 PM1 replyview on HN

What does neurodivergent mean? If there's a spectrum, what is considered normal, and how is that measured?


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wafflemakertoday at 8:32 PM

IANAD, Clinically, the measurement for diagnosis is if symptoms disturb your day to day life. In some countries they need to disturb multiple (1<) spheres of life. (Work, family, health etc.)

Then you'd have people with symptoms, but who's life is not affected by them.

I wonder myself if it's just the first group that is classified as neurodivergent or both.