Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity is not a small-group issue. Around 15 to 20% of people worldwide are neurodivergent, as many as one in five of us. That includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia. Hong Kong is no different: you already work with, teach or live near neurodivergent people, whether you know it or not.

Here is the blind spot. People assume disability looks a certain way. It doesn’t. Most neurodivergent differences are invisible, and invisibility has a price. In classrooms, offices and public spaces, a difference nobody can see gets read as rudeness, laziness or bad behaviour.