Greta Thunberg is far from the only neurodivergent climate activist – many who see the world differently also want to change it

By Louise Taylor, Early Career Researcher and Ecotherapist, Queen's University Belfast

Amid her calls for governments to act on climate change, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has spoken openly about her Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She is not the only environmental campaigner to speak about being neurodivergent (having a neurological condition or disability) – something Thunberg describes as her “superpower”.

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