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

Neurodiversity-Lite: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Tania Robinson Tania Robinson

Neurodiversity-Lite: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Neurodiversity celebrates the natural variation in human minds, challenging the notion of a single “normal.” In this guest blog, Tania Robinson explores why a “neurodiversity-lite” approach can be harmful, and how to identify practices that genuinely support and include Neurodivergent people.

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This Is My Place: Finding Belonging in Schools, Homes and Communities
Emma Emma

This Is My Place: Finding Belonging in Schools, Homes and Communities

For many Neurodivergent children, belonging can feel confusing, distant, or out of reach long before they have the words to explain why. Emma explores how early experiences of difference and exclusion shape a child’s sense of self — and why understanding, acceptance, and the right support can help them grow up feeling secure in who they are.

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5 Tips for a Home that Supports Sensory Needs
Lou Chandler Lou Chandler

5 Tips for a Home that Supports Sensory Needs

Lou Chandler shares reflections on how home environments can impact sensory needs, drawing on their lived experience as an autistic person. Lou explores how elements such as lighting, noise and spatial layout can affect regulation and offers gentle prompts for considering small, supportive adjustments at home.

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Concerns of a Neurodivergent Educator
Zoë Austin Zoë Austin

Concerns of a Neurodivergent Educator

Neurodivergent educator Zoë Austin reflects on her lived experience working within the UK education system and supporting autistic and ADHD children, families and students who are too often failed by it.

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The quiet season: reclaiming rest from performative festivity
Lived Experience Victoria Denham Lived Experience Victoria Denham

The quiet season: reclaiming rest from performative festivity

Winter is supposed to be a season of rest. The natural world slows down, the light fades and everything in our biology leans toward quiet. Yet December demands the opposite: noise, speed, performance, compulsory joy.

For many Neurodivergent people, this isn’t festive,it’s exhausting. This year, perhaps more than any other, NdC’s Communications and Project Assistant, Tors Denham has found herself questioning whether she wants to keep pretending that this version of celebration works for her. 

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Autism, ADHD, Lived Experience and Inclusion—What’s New in November
Autism Research—What's New? Ann Memmott PgC MA Autism Research—What's New? Ann Memmott PgC MA

Autism, ADHD, Lived Experience and Inclusion—What’s New in November

In this month’s research roundup, Ann Memmott brings together new work exploring Autism, ADHD, first‑person perspectives and inclusion. Ann reflects on sensory and communication challenges, access barriers in schools and healthcare, the ethics of interventions and how Neurodivergent people articulate their own experiences.

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