{"id":7501,"date":"2026-05-18T15:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrepsicologiajaumeprimer.com\/neurodivergencia-girona\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:34:38","slug":"neurodivergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrepsicologiajaumeprimer.com\/en\/neurodivergence\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurodivergence in Girona: beyond the percentile"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7501\" class=\"elementor elementor-7501 elementor-7485\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d74f2a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d74f2a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-823f7d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"823f7d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\r\n<html lang=\"en\">\r\n<head>\r\n  <meta charset=\"UTF-8\" \/>\r\n  <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\" \/>\r\n  <title>The Eighth Percentile \u00b7 when a number doesn't explain a whole life \u2014 Centre de Psicologia Jaume Primer<\/title>\r\n  <meta name=\"description\" content=\"A book by Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n, neuropsychologist, that invites us to look at neurodivergence beyond percentiles, diagnoses and labels.\" \/>\r\n  <meta name=\"theme-color\" content=\"#161410\" \/>\r\n\r\n  <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\" \/>\r\n  <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin \/>\r\n  <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,400;9..144,500;9..144,700;9..144,900&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600;8..60,700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\" \/>\r\n\r\n  <!--\r\n    ============================================================\r\n    WORDPRESS EMBED \u2014 INSTRUCTIONS:\r\n    1. 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An invitation to look at neurodivergence without reducing people to a score, a label or a report.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"byline\">\r\n      <div class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\">EB<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"byline-text\">\r\n        <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/centrepsicologiajaumeprimer.com\/es\/neuropsicologia-girona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"author-link\">Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong>\r\n        <span>Neuropsychologist \u00b7 Centre de Psicologia Jaume Primer<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"byline-aside\">Share \u00b7 Save<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <!-- ============== HERO VISUAL ============== -->\r\n  <section class=\"hero-visual\">\r\n    <div class=\"hero-card\">\r\n      <div class=\"hero-card-text\">\r\n        <p class=\"hero-card-kicker\">Key idea<\/p>\r\n        <h2>\r\n          A percentile can <mark>guide<\/mark>. But it can also <mark>reduce<\/mark>. 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Percentiles. Scales. Diagnoses. School observations. And yet, with the feeling that no one has quite understood their son, their daughter\u2026 or even themselves.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Sometimes, a figure can bring order. But it can also reduce. A percentile can guide a neuropsychological assessment, pinpoint a difficulty, open a pathway to understanding. But a person cannot fit into a score. A family cannot fit into a table. And a story of neurodivergence cannot be understood simply by looking at whether someone is above or below average.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      That is where <strong><em>The Eighth Percentile<\/em><\/strong> was born \u2014 a book written by <strong>Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n<\/strong>, neuropsychologist at the Centre de Psicologia Jaume Primer.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      It is not a book for labelling. It is a book for seeing more clearly.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\r\n      \"Behind every percentile there is a person trying to find their place.\"\r\n      <span class=\"pullquote-attrib\">\u2014 Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n<\/span>\r\n    <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 1 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">1<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">When difference is invisible, but felt every day<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Neurodivergence does not always present itself in obvious ways. Sometimes there are no major disruptive behaviours. There is no early diagnosis. There is no clear explanation from the start.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      What there is, is an accumulation of small scenes: a child who is exhausted after school, a teenager who seems \"too intense\", an adult who has learned to function at the cost of invisible effort, a family living in constant alertness trying to anticipate meltdowns, homework, meetings, other people's looks or well-meaning but hurtful comments.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>In the clinic we hear phrases like:<\/p>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"quotes\">\r\n      <div class=\"quote-card\">They're very bright, but can't get started.<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"quote-card\">They tell us it's a matter of setting boundaries.<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"quote-card\">At home they fall apart, but outside they hold it together.<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"quote-card\">I've always felt like I function differently.<\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"quote-card\">I don't know if I'm overreacting or if something is really going on.<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      These phrases are not incidental. They are <strong>clinical clues<\/strong>. And very often they are the starting point for understanding that behind a behaviour there is a neuropsychological profile \u2014 a different way of processing the world, of self-regulating, of learning, of connecting, or of sustaining the demands of everyday life.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 2 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">2<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">The problem isn't just neurodivergence: it's the lack of understanding<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      The suffering of many neurodivergent people does not stem solely from their cognitive, sensory or emotional characteristics. It also stems from a <strong>lack of adjustment from the environment<\/strong>.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      A school that interprets difficulty as lack of motivation. A family receiving contradictory guidance. A workplace that rewards productivity without understanding the internal cost. A healthcare system that fragments the person into diagnoses, files and referrals.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Neurodivergence that is poorly understood can end up transforming into anxiety, low self-esteem, isolation, burnout, family difficulties or a persistent sense of failure.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      That is why <em>The Eighth Percentile<\/em> does not speak only of neurodevelopment. It speaks of clinical perspective. Of context. Of connection. Of how a person can spend years trying to adapt to a world that has never taken the time to understand how they function on the inside.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 3 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">3<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">The percentile is not the person<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      In neuropsychology, assessment matters. A thorough assessment can change a life's trajectory. It can explain years of misunderstanding, guide support strategies, adapt the school or work environment, and allow a family to stop living under the weight of guilt.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      But an assessment should not end with a label. <strong>It should open a conversation.<\/strong>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <ul>\r\n      <li>What does this person need in order to function better?<\/li>\r\n      <li>What kinds of support are genuinely useful?<\/li>\r\n      <li>Which demands are overwhelming their system?<\/li>\r\n      <li>What strengths have been hidden behind the difficulty?<\/li>\r\n      <li>Which part of the suffering belongs to the person, and which part belongs to an environment that has not adapted?<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      A percentile can tell us that a function is below what is expected. But it does not tell us how that child feels when everyone else finishes before them. It does not tell us what happens at home after a day of extraordinary effort. It does not tell us how a mother or a father emotionally sustains a situation that the outside world minimises.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      That is where the real clinical work begins.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 4 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">4<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">Neurodivergence in childhood, adolescence and adulthood<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      For a long time, many neurodivergent profiles went undetected \u2014 especially when the person had learned to compensate, mask or over-adapt.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <ul>\r\n      <li><strong>In childhood<\/strong> it may appear as learning difficulties, behavioural problems, rigidity, emotional outbursts, social awkwardness or disconnection.<\/li>\r\n      <li><strong>In adolescence<\/strong> it may manifest as anxiety, academic blockage, isolation, irritability, extreme self-criticism or a persistent sense of not fitting in.<\/li>\r\n      <li><strong>In adulthood<\/strong>, many people arrive at the clinic after years of \"apparently functioning well\", but at an enormous internal cost: exhaustion, difficult relationships, hypersensitivity, disorganisation, difficulty sustaining routines, a sense of being a fraud, or an identity crisis.<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n\r\n    <blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\r\n      \"I always thought it was my fault.\"\r\n      <span class=\"pullquote-attrib\">A phrase heard frequently in adult consultations<\/span>\r\n    <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      An essential part of psychological and neuropsychological support lies precisely in dismantling that guilt. Not to excuse everything, but to understand more clearly and act with greater precision.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 5 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">5<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">Families also need support<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      When we talk about neurodivergence, we very often put all the focus on the person who has been diagnosed or assessed. But <strong>families also need space<\/strong>.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      They need to understand. They need to decode reports. They need to know what to do at home. They need to coordinate with the school. They need a break from the feeling that they are always failing.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      A family does not just need to be told \"they have ADHD\", \"they have ASD\", \"there are executive difficulties\" or \"the profile is consistent with high intellectual ability\". They need to know what that means on a <strong>Monday morning<\/strong>, when they have to get dressed, have breakfast, leave the house and arrive at school without a meltdown.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Neuropsychology should not stay in the consulting room. It needs to reach real life.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 6 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">6<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">A human and specialised perspective<\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      At the <strong>Centre de Psicologia Jaume Primer<\/strong> we approach neurodivergence from an integrative, clinical and functional perspective.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      This means assessing when it is necessary, intervening when there is suffering, guiding families, coordinating with schools, accompanying adolescent and adult processes, and tailoring each intervention to the specific person in front of us.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Not all children with ADHD need the same thing. Not all autistic adults have lived the same story. Not all school difficulties stem from lack of effort. Not all emotional crises are tantrums. Not all people who appear to be functioning well are actually well.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Our way of working starts from a simple but profound idea: <strong>understanding better changes the way we support. And supporting better can change a life.<\/strong>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <!-- ============== SECTION 7 ============== -->\r\n    <div class=\"section\">\r\n      <div class=\"section-number\">7<\/div>\r\n      <h2 class=\"section-title\">Why read <em>The Eighth Percentile<\/em><\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      <em>The Eighth Percentile<\/em> may speak to families, professionals, teachers, neurodivergent people and anyone who has ever felt that a technical explanation was not enough to understand a human experience.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Because behind every assessment there is a story. Behind every diagnosis there is a biography. Behind every percentile there is a person trying to find their place.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n      Reading this book is an invitation to look at neurodivergence without reductionism: with rigour, but also with sensitivity; with knowledge, but also with respect; with clinical tools, but without losing sight of everyday life.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <\/article>\r\n\r\n  <!-- ============== CTA BANNER ============== -->\r\n  <section class=\"cta-banner\" id=\"download\">\r\n    <div class=\"cta-card\">\r\n      <div>\r\n        <p class=\"cta-eyebrow\">Free download<\/p>\r\n        <h3 class=\"cta-title\">Take <em>The Eighth Percentile<\/em> home<\/h3>\r\n        <p class=\"cta-text\">\r\n          A brief and accessible essay for families, professionals and neurodivergent people. No paywall, no endless forms: just the book, in PDF, ready to read.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11arGYVRYJYpQpX6EuFO9dEPxSfL-0qlT\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"btn\">\r\n          Download the book\r\n          <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M21 15v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4\"\/><polyline points=\"7 10 12 15 17 10\"\/><line x1=\"12\" y1=\"15\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"3\"\/><\/svg>\r\n        <\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"cta-cover\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n        <span class=\"cover-mark\">Essay \u00b7 2026<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"cover-title\">The percentile<br\/><em>eight<\/em><\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"cover-author\">Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <!-- ============== AUTHOR BIO ============== -->\r\n  <section class=\"bio\">\r\n    <div class=\"bio-inner\">\r\n      <div class=\"bio-avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\">EB<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <p class=\"bio-label\">About the author<\/p>\r\n        <h3 class=\"bio-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/centrepsicologiajaumeprimer.com\/es\/neuropsicologia-girona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"author-link\">Elena Bayo Tall\u00f3n<\/a><\/h3>\r\n        <p class=\"bio-text\">\r\n          Neuropsychologist at the <strong>Centre de Psicologia Jaume Primer<\/strong> (Girona). She works with children, adolescents, adults and families in neuropsychological assessment, clinical support and guidance in ASD, ADHD, learning difficulties, high intellectual ability, intellectual disability and neurodivergence.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/centrepsicologiajaumeprimer.com\/en\/book-psychologist-girona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Request a first appointment<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <!-- ============== CONTACT STRIP ============== -->\r\n  <section class=\"contact-strip\" id=\"contact\">\r\n    <div class=\"contact-card\">\r\n      <div>\r\n        <h3 class=\"contact-title\">Do you recognise yourself in any of these situations?<\/h3>\r\n        <p class=\"contact-text\">\r\n          If you, your son, your daughter, a student or someone close to you feels identified, it may be a good time to seek professional guidance. It is not about searching for labels. 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