Paloma was told that her highly intelligent daughter was neurodivergent. Shortly afterwards, it was suggested that her hypersensitive son might also fall into that category. This sounded mysterious to Paloma, even slightly exclusive. The news in both cases was delivered to her during meetings with the psycho-pedagogy team at the school where she takes her children. Paloma then told her psychologist, who provided further food for thought: with two children like this, it was most likely that she, as the mother, was also neurodivergent.

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El concepto de leapfrogging equivale en teoría a ahorro de tiempo y dinero en zonas pobres y rezagadas. Evoca innovación y otras formas de imaginar el porvenir. Y está rodeada por un halo de modernidad, con propuestas que oscilan entre lo razonable y los sortilegios tecno-optimistas. Tan halagüeños algunos, que permiten vislumbrar a frágiles economías encabezando la vanguardia digital en tiempo récord, como en un sueño futurista.

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Seasoned in defending rural communities and smallholder farmers, Sofía Monsalve, 56, was appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food in May. In exchange for throwing herself into an unpaid position, the Colombian political scientist says she enjoys complete independence. “I have the freedom to call things by their name,” she tells EL PAÍS in Turin during Terra Madre, the gathering of the international sustainable food network Slow Food.

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