DEFINING HUMAN INTELLIGENCE TO CONTROL THE CURRENT DISSONANCE BETWEEN NEURODIVERGENT AND NEUROTYPICAL PEOPLE AMONGST YOUNGER YOUTH

The ongoing dissonance between young neurodivergent individuals who are diagnosed with any spectrum of Autism, Speech Delay, Dyslexia, OCD, etc. and neurotypical people has been pushed aside as a complex scenario for a long time due to the nature of difficulty and our lack of understanding of individual minds.Research shows that there are many factors e.g., increased awareness and societal shifts, contributing to the rising trend of neurodivergent children who need to be properly accommodated in modern social and educational settings.As a result of earlier negligence, studies predict that younger generations e.g., Gen Alpha and Gen Beta will encounter drastically worse effects of this disconnect with their neurotypical counterparts.My hypothesis is that current society tries to define human intelligence using either a standard intelligence quotient (IQ) or an emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) test to quantify specific analytical or mental abilities as well as empathy, motivation and social abilities.However, these techniques do not apply to all mental makeup equally and neurodivergent minds suffer from poor evaluation from these existing techniques.This fosters an inferiority complex amongst many neurodivergent young adults, showing a trend of lack of confidence and often depression.Many children who are tested as neurodivergent fall on the borderline and are often left in the wrong group of neurotypical children or clubbed with far extreme cases of neurodivergence which require medical therapy.These individuals are neglected today for whom a model is required to be built by integrating behavioral traits, learning abilities, and unique strengths and talents of these individuals alongside with their neurodivergence measure.Therefore, a tool that can assess neurodivergent minds e.g., developing neurodivergence quotient (NQ) is required to categorize their strength and make them feel wanted and useful for their contributions in society.This paper intends to establish the need of the model and initiate the formation of a methodology with a pilot study containing 70 survey respondents showing inherent natural inclinations for certain neurodivergent conditions, e.g., Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD.