Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.
Author
- Abs S. Ashley
- Adam Fare
- Aisling Sheehy
- Ann Memmott
- Antonia Aluko
- Callum Stephen Howes
- Cassandra Lovelock
- Cassandra Lovelock and El Dewar
- Charli Clement
- Claire
- Cos Michael
- El Dewar
- Elise Guthrie Stirling
- Emily Lees
- Emily Katy
- Guest Contributor
- Helen Edgar
- Iqra Babar
- Jill Corbyn
- Kai Schweizer
- Katrine Callander
- Kay Louise Aldred
- Krysia Waldock
- Meena Kumari
- Nick Ransom
- Reesha Zahir
- Rhiannon Williams
- Rod Landman
- Sarah Douglas
- Sarah Boon
- Thomas Barnett
- Tina
- Trauma Geek
- Warda Farah
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Challenges of being an Autistic Speech and Language Therapist
Being an Autistic Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) in a neurotypical-dominated field requires a huge amount of cognitive, physical, emotional, and sensory labour. Not only do I experience multiple marginalisations navigating a neurotypical world, I encounter similar minority stress within my profession. But that’s not the focus of this blog.
- AAC
- ABA
- abuse
- accessible
- ADHD
- adults
- advocacy
- affirming
- anxiety
- assessment
- autism
- black autistic
- body image
- building design
- burnout
- childhood
- children
- co production
- coercive control
- communication
- community
- criminal justice system
- dentist
- depression
- Designing Homes for Sensory Differences Summit 2024
- diagnosis
- dyslexia
- eating disorders
- education
- empathy
- employment
- environment
- ethics
- friendship
- friendships
- GCC Summit 2023
- gender
- grooming
- health
- healthcare
- housing
- human rights
- identity
- Identity
- inclusion
- inpatient
- labels
- language
- late diagnosed
- learning disability
- LGBTQIA+
- lived experience
- masking
- media
- medicalisation
- mental health
- monotropism
- mothers
- nervous system
- newly diagnosed
- NHS
- OCD
- online
- pain
- parents
- partnership
- pathology
- peer support
- play
- psychiatric care
- PTSD
- quality of life
- race
- racism
- reasonable adjustments
- recruitment
- relationships
- research
- resources
- restraint
- retirement
- school
- self diagnosis
- self regulation
- sensory environment
- sensory overwhelm
- services
- special interests
- speech and language
- spirituality
- stimming
- suicide
- support
- therapy
- training
- traits
- trauma
- women
- workplace
- young people
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