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
Black Hair and Autism: A Refusal to Disentangle
Reflecting on the evolving relationship with her hair, Antonia Aluko explores the interplay between being black, autistic and queer, and how this relationship has grown and blossomed alongside her journey of unmasking and becoming her true authentic self.
Creating an AuDHD-friendly home
AuDHD author Sarah Boon shares how she has carefully chosen and adapted the colours, textures, furniture and lighting of own home to suit her sensory processing needs.
The right to ‘home’: human rights and sensory needs on psychiatric wards
Charli Clement (NdC Associate) examines the challenging sensory environments of psychiatric inpatient wards in the context of the little-discussed eighth article of the Human Rights Act.
5 tips for managing the demands of the festive season
Krysia Waldock shares five key tips for managing the physical, sensory and emotional demands of the festive season.
A neurodiversity paradigm lens on polyvagal theory
People keep asking me how the Autistic community views polyvagal theory. Right now, I can’t speak for the community’s perspective. People are just now learning about the theory, so we don’t have any consensus data from the Autistic community about agreement or disagreement. I can, however, speak for myself as an Autistic researcher and educator.
Working full time
Only around 2 in every 10 Autistic people (with a diagnosis) is in employment. The world of employment can be a minefield for Neurodivergent people. It’s something I have tried to navigate for about 6 years now, and one I’ve had mixed results with.
Can school ever be right for autistic people?
In the current ‘industrial’ educational paradigm, schools aren’t accessible for autistic people. They both contribute to and cause trauma for autistic individuals. With reasonable adjustment and an embodiment focus, steps can be made to begin to change this. However, a wholesale reform of the educational system, is what is actually needed.
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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