At Neuroqueer Care Collective, we are committed to moving away from the pathology paradigm and toward approaches to care that are neuro-affirming. Our therapists continually explore how we can better understand and support our clients without framing their differences primarily in terms of deficits or disorders.

Autism is a genetically-based human neurological variant. The complex set of interrelated characteristics that distinguish autistic neurology from non-autistic neurology is not yet fully understood, but current evidence indicates that the central distinction is that autistic brains are characterized by particularly high levels of synaptic connectivity and responsiveness.