{"id":17655,"date":"2025-04-10T11:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/?p=17655"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:50:14","slug":"neurodiversity-celebration-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/neurodiversity-celebration-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurodiversity Celebration month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is neurodiversity?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.credoreference.com\/books\/Qm9va1R5cGU6MzI1?aid=103736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to <em>The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/search.credoreference.com\/articles\/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NjIyNzQ=?q=neurodiversity&amp;aid=103736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neurodiversity<\/a> perspective can be described as a movement that sees neurocognitive variation as a difference rather than a deficit. Although the neurodiversity movement is frequently associated with autism, it is also supported by advocates with other disabilities such as dyslexia, epilepsy, hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, developmental dyspraxia, and Tourette&#8217;s syndrome. Autistic individuals who embrace the neurodiversity movement emphasize the importance of self-advocacy and of seeing autism as a culture with unique characteristics and many positive aspects.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Neurodiversity Celebration Month?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also known under the names Neurodiversity Awareness Month (or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurodiversityweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celebration Week<\/a>&#8221; in March), Autism Acceptance Month, and others, the month of April has become a time to recognize and celebrate people who have diverse neurocognitive or sensory functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/humanresources.wp.txstate.edu\/2023\/04\/03\/your-guide-to-neurodiversity-celebration-month-how-can-you-be-an-ally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out<\/a> how you can be an ally to neurodiverse people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WCC Library neurodiversity collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faculty member Kim Reeves has curated an excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/sbctc-whatcomctc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=01STATEWA_WHATCC:WHATCOM&amp;inst=01STATEWA_WHATCC&amp;collectionId=81114153690002827\">neurodiversity collection in the library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection is in its infancy (will grow over time) and consists of titles written by &#8216;autistic and ADHD individuals and their lived experiences providing a clear and necessary voice of what it is like to navigate the Neurotypical world.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is neurodiversity? According to The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies: &#8220;The neurodiversity perspective can be described as a movement that sees neurocognitive variation as a difference rather than a deficit. Although the neurodiversity movement is frequently associated with autism, it is also supported by advocates with other disabilities such as dyslexia, epilepsy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[506],"tags":[427,428,429,430],"class_list":["post-17655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","tag-autism","tag-neurodiversity","tag-special-collection","tag-wcc-faculty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17656,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17655\/revisions\/17656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}