Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.

11 Things I Love About Having ADHD
Callum Stephen Howes Callum Stephen Howes

11 Things I Love About Having ADHD

We often hear about all the challenges that having ADHD can present, and rightly so. Raising awareness about these challenges is what: helps anyone who is struggling to feel less alone; enables us to find or develop solutions; and makes it easier for allies to understand how they can best support us.

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A rollercoaster: neurodivergent and in the media
Nick Ransom Nick Ransom

A rollercoaster: neurodivergent and in the media

I only heard the term ‘neurodiversity’ a few years back, but in reality, it’s dominated my whole life. Subconsciously, for years, I thought different, I felt different and, in 2017, being diagnosed as autistic changed my life for the better.

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Monotropism and The Monotropism Questionnaire
Helen Edgar Helen Edgar

Monotropism and The Monotropism Questionnaire

The theory of monotropism was developed by Dr Dinah Murray, Dr Wenn Lawson and Mike Lesser (2005) in their article, Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism.

Monotropic people focus more attention and energy resources on a more limited number of channels of interest than non-monotropic (polytropic) people, who may be able to attend to a broader range of channels and find it easier to switch between channels of interest and tasks.

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Is my environment making me sick?
Warda Farah Warda Farah

Is my environment making me sick?

As I write this I sit in my ground floor in Deptford, London. I grew up in this area and every street, crevice and cobbled alleys holds pieces of hazy memories from my youth. You see I was made in Deptford and now I feel as if the place that defined who I am is dying piece by piece, with each new edgy coffee shop and hairdresser my old stomping ground ceases to be.

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“Nothing about us without us”
Reesha Zahir Reesha Zahir

“Nothing about us without us”

I first came across the above slogan and the ethos of co-producing research roughly two years ago, at the start of my PhD on sleep and mental health in autistic people. My first thought was, “why isn’t everyone in research already doing this?”.

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Recommended summer reading for teachers
Kay Louise Aldred Kay Louise Aldred

Recommended summer reading for teachers

Teachers, are you looking ahead to the next academic year and thinking about how to develop your practice by making your classroom more trauma-informed, supportive of neurodivergence and the nervous system friendly?

Read this blog for book and resource suggestions.

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Building a community of older autistic people
Cos Michael Cos Michael

Building a community of older autistic people

Last summer, I was sitting alone at an outside café, watching as two women of about my own age, gathered chairs around a large table. Other women arrived, all dressed for a day out. Once the group was complete, tea and cakes were ordered, for about a dozen friends. I pretended to read my book, as I watched for over an hour. The women chatted and enjoyed their afternoon tea, all very relaxed and obviously comfortable with each other.

This social bonding made me very aware of how often I feel like an outsider.

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Neurodivergent friendly recruitment
Jill Corbyn Jill Corbyn

Neurodivergent friendly recruitment

Recruitment and employment processes can be baffling, and often seem to test social skills and ‘culture fit’ rather than competence to fulfil the role and ‘culture add’. We are excited to try a new way of recruiting and a new way of working.

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