Our minds work in different ways.

Despite all the research into our brains, a lot has yet to be discovered. But in recent years, many people have championed a way to describe some of what we do know.

And that way is through the term "neurodivergent," which took off on Google trends amid widespread coronavirus lockdowns in June 2020. Since the pandemic, "neurodivergent" has made waves online, in the media and in academic studies to help talk about neurological differences more inclusively.

The term really got its start back in the late 1990s, and was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2002. In 2019, the Oxford English Dictionary added it as well..

So for the latest "Word of the Week," we're talking about being "neurodivergent."

What does neurodivergent mean?

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