According to Dr Thomas Armstrong, whether an individual is regarded as disabled or gifted depends largely on when and where they were born. In India, for example, some people who are regarded as holy beings would be labelled as schizophrenic in the West.  So it goes for our perceptions of neurodiverse conditions. In famine Ireland 53 per cent of the population was illiterate, so being dyslexic didn’t matter, and having ADHD might have been an advantage in an agrarian society where hyperactivity would have been a useful trait for anyone working on the land.  Today, those of us running companies…

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