Awareness: Neurodiversity

November 20th 2024 | As a nod to November, Epilepsy Awareness Month*, our Inclusion Team prepared a Neurodiversity Awareness Event!

We included an informative jeopardy covering some of the many neurodivergent brain functions (Mental Health; Epilepsy vs Seizures; Autism and ADHD) under the neurodiversity umbrella term, and invited Dr Leong from the School of Psychology to speak about Autism and ADHD.

• see more: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0N6fLTPLv9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  

(Neurodiversity is not an official medical term, and between communities, its definition may or may not include mental health disorders.)

• The jeopardy game includes definitions, myths and misconceptions, similarities and differences, and for us School of English students - figures/cases in history, and, representations in works and media.

  • credits to the EDI Head for the jeopardy creation, who may or may not have been hyper-fixating herself when compiling the information.
    

• A major thank you to Dr Leong for helping with the Inclusion Team's first event and enlightening us on the myths and misconceptions surrounding Autism & ADHD!

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*: Epilepsy Awareness Month is a US national occasion; International Epilepsy Day falls on February 12.