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Stop using the term 'neurodivergent', warn top experts: 'Catch all label' undermines those with real diagnoses

Daily Mail Health · 18 September 2026 at 12:47

Stop using the term 'neurodivergent', warn top experts: 'Catch all label' undermines those with real diagnoses

British researchers say the term is being attributed to people without any formal diagnosis, when it should be reserved for people with genuine disorders like ADHD and autism.

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Stop using the term 'neurodivergent', warn top experts: 'Catch all label' undermines those with real diagnoses

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