Neurodivergent Questioning

A term adapted from gender questioning that describes people who are in the process of figuring out how to describe and label their neurocognitive functioning and who have reason to think they might be neurodivergent, but have not yet received or pursued a formal diagnosis. Accepting neurodivergent questioning individuals in research and practice counteracts biases inherent in clinical diagnostic criteria—which have historically excluded women, people of colour, and those with co-occurring conditions—and affirms self-knowledge and lived experience as valid forms of expertise.