I'm neurodivergent, what's your superpower?

Neurodivergent individuals aren't necessarily savants who can beat the house at cards or play the piano blindfolded etc.

I could give you statistics about the frequency of extraordinary functioning but the tricky part of riding the spectrum is many have overlapping diagnosis. 

The individual portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rainman, Kim Peek, didn’t actually have autism (although he was originally incorrectly diagnosed with it).

A 2008 study suggested that Peek probably had a rare condition called FG syndrome.By the age of 7 he’d memorised every single word of the bible.

It is rare indeed to find a self labeling divergent who is not as Merriam Webster puts it: a person of learning especially : one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field (Science, Literature). 

What makes Kim a medical mystery is: While people with savant syndrome often become a bit of an expert in one or two subjects, he boasted at least fifteen!

My heart yearns for a world wherein neurodivergence is labled a superpower rather than a setback. From my earliest remembrance we lived across the road from a public cemetary.

My older sister said, in jest, "You're loud enough to wake the dead." I immediately ran to the window and pulled back the drapes, expecting to see zombie like beings rising from their graves.

Mom found this literal interpretation comical. I was once told by a medical provider not to get hung up on a diagnosis. But how can you not get emotionally hung up on, your people, being frequently diagnosed incorrectly and overmedicated to hide symptoms labled inconvenient or uncomfortable for others?  

I'm asking my followers to consider how you yourself would want to be treated/looked out for, if you or a loved one were labled neurodivergent?

If you are a health provider, teacher's aide or assist someone with this and many times overlapping conditions, how can we smoothly ride the rainbow of divergent behaviors?

Thank you for your kind attention!

Resources: https://www.myaspergerschild.com/2018/11/literal-thinking-in-children-on-autism.html