Any mental illness could be regarded as a type of diversity. Or even literally everybody since all of our brains are unique.

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Giftedness, including rare high iq as required for Mensa membership, has a lot in common with neurodiverse brains. Neurodiversity is however commonly defined as a pathology, and giftedness is not yet understood as a hindrance to a functioning everyday life, and as such doesn't meet one of the basic criteria for pathology.

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