Neurodiversity

world day to raise autism awareness

thumb|right|Autistic art depicting the natural diversity of human minds

World day

pride celebration for autistics

REDIRECT Neurodiversity#Neurodivergent and neurotypical/neuroconforming

event designed to raise awareness of epilepsy

Sanism, saneism, mentalism, or psychophobia refer to the discrimination against and oppression of people based on actual or perceived mental disorder or cognitive impairment. This discrimination and oppression are based on factors such as stereotypes about neurodiversity. Sanism impacts individuals who have learning disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, tics, or intellectual disability, are autistic, or experience other cognitive impairments.

psychological theory regarding individuals on the autism spectrum

Auticon (stylised as auticon) is an international information technology consulting company and social enterprise that employs autistic adults as consultants. Founded in Berlin in 2011, the company has expanded internationally through organic growth and the acquisitions of American company MindSpark and Canadian company Meticulon. In 2023, Auticon and the Nordic consultancy Unicus announced an agreement under which the two companies would unite. The company operated in 15 countries as of 2024.

Hyperphantasia is the condition of having extremely vivid mental imagery. It is the opposite condition to aphantasia, where mental visual imagery is not present. The experience of hyperphantasia is more common than aphantasia and has been described as being "as vivid as real seeing". Hyperphantasia constitutes all five senses within vivid mental imagery, although literature on the subject is dominated by "visual" mental imagery research, with a lack of research on the other four senses.