Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.
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Author
- Abs S. Ashley
- Adam Fare
- Aimee Fletcher
- Aisling Sheehy
- Ann Memmott
- Antonia Aluko
- Callum Stephen Howes
- Cassandra Lovelock
- Cassandra Lovelock and El Dewar
- Charli Clement
- Claire
- Cos Michael
- Dr Virginia Carter Leno
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- Elise Guthrie Stirling
- Emily Lees
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- Emily Wooden
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- Guest Contributor
- Harriet Axbey
- Hat Porter
- Helen Edgar
- Iqra Babar
- Jill Corbyn
- Kai Schweizer
- Katrine Callander
- Kay Louise Aldred
- Krysia Waldock
- Lucy Gilbert
- Meena Kumari
- Molly Anderton
- Nick Ransom
- Reesha Zahir
- Rhiannon Williams
- Rod Landman
- Rose Matthews
- Sarah Douglas
- Sarah Boon
- Sophie Broadgate
- Stop Oxevision
- Thomas Barnett
- Tina
- Trauma Geek
- Warda Farah
An Autistic journey of Anorexia recovery
In recognition of Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025, Molly Anderton, NdC Lived Experience Advisor and Development Lead, shares a deeply personal account of how her experience of being a late diagnosed Autistic adult has impacted and informed her recovery from Anorexia.
Supporting an autistic loved one with an eating disorder
Our guest contributor shares a lived experience perspective on how families and loved ones of autistic individuals with eating disorders can navigate the complexities of offering support.
Applying for PIP as an Autistic person
Emily Wooden shares a frank account of her difficult experience applying for PIP as an Autistic person, and how it forced her to confront some challenging reflections around masking and identity.
Menstruation in psychiatric inpatient settings
Hat Porter explores the experiences of menstruating whilst in psychiatric inpatient settings, informed by their own lived experience and their latest research, conducted with support from the National Survivor User Network (NSUN).
‘Meet us halfway’—better communication between mental health inpatient staff and Autistic service-users
In this blog, a Guest Contributor shares suggestions, derived from their own lived experience of mental health inpatient services, for how staff can develop better relationships and improve their communication with Autistic services users.
4 Questions For…Authors of Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning: From Babble to Later Life
We sit down to discuss Krysia Waldock and Nathan Keates new edited book, exploring Neurodivergent learning from babble to later life.
Toxic Positivity, Masking and The Importance of a Bad Day
El Dewar shares a surprisingly empowering exploration of bad days, and spotting the restrictions of masking negative emotions with ‘toxic positivity’.
Autism and talking about poor health
In this Lived Experience account, Cos Michael reflects on how their autism may have impacted their emotional processing of a diagnosis of ill-health and their subsequent experience of treatment.
Neurodivergent lived experiences, co-production, and the future of mental health services
To coincide with our involvement as a delivery partner in NHS England’s Culture of Care programme, Cassie Lovelock details the benefits of co-production as a powerful tool for reforming mental health services in a neurodivergent-affirming way.
Autistic, Black and Female: developing healthy friendships safeguarded me from grooming & exploitation
Kay Louise Aldred highlights the sexist expectations and stereotypes that compound the marginalisation of Autistic girls and women, increasing their vulnerability to grooming and coercive and controlling behaviour.
- ABA
- ableism
- abuse
- accessible
- ADHD
- adults
- advocacy
- affirming
- aging
- assessment
- autism
- autistic parents
- black autistic
- body image
- building design
- burnout
- childhood
- children
- co production
- coercive control
- communication
- community
- culture
- depression
- Designing Homes for Sensory Differences Summit 2024
- diagnosis
- disability
- dyslexia
- eating disorders
- education
- empathy
- employment
- ethics
- family
- friendships
- GCC Summit 2023
- gender
- government
- grooming
- guidance
- health
- healthcare
- holiday
- housing
- human rights
- identity
- illness
- inclusion
- inpatient
- intersectionality
- joy
- language
- late diagnosed
- learning disability
- LGBTQIA+
- lived experience
- masking
- medicalisation
- meltdown
- mental health
- monotropism
- mothers
- nervous system
- newly diagnosed
- NHS
- online
- pain
- parents
- peer support
- play
- psychiatric care
- PTSD
- race
- racism
- reasonable adjustments
- relationships
- research
- resources
- routine
- school
- self diagnosis
- self regulation
- sensory environment
- sensory overwhelm
- sensory processing
- services
- sexism
- special interests
- spirituality
- stimming
- stress
- suicide
- support
- therapy
- training
- trauma
- trauma-informed
- women
- workplace
- young people
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