Neurodiversity encompasses the variation in the human brain regarding attention, cognition, and mood. It destigmatizes both neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders by focusing not on pathology, but on the strengths and differences within brain functions. In Trisha Gupta’s work, she focuses specifically on mental illness and health within neurodiversity. She argues that neurodiversity is akin to biodiversity and is a way of preserving different views and forms of intelligence in society. 

Biodiversity is an acknowledged phenomenon that examines the health of an ecosystem through the number and kinds of different life forms that exist in it. Greater biodiversity creates a healthier ecosystem. As we enter the next major mass extinction and animals disappear day by day, people are coming to appreciate the importance of preservation of all life forms and the importance of diversity. 

Trisha’s work explores cross-cultural biases, current treatment methods, and modern patient narratives that show the shortcomings of our mental health care system and society. Her collection of art pieces expresses how neurodiversity is as important as biodiversity, and asks how our society can address, preserve, and respect different minds so we can benefit from the intellectual and emotional potential that exists in all of us.