NdC Journal

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

A practical approach to neurodiversity-affirming care and support: our new interactive toolkit and alternative to PBS plans
Four Questions For, Lived Experience, AGAINST PBS & ABA campaign Kay Louise Aldred Four Questions For, Lived Experience, AGAINST PBS & ABA campaign Kay Louise Aldred

A practical approach to neurodiversity-affirming care and support: our new interactive toolkit and alternative to PBS plans

We’re joined on the blog today by Kay Louise Aldred, NdC’s Development Lead, for the second blog of our latest campaign ‘Against PBS & ABA’.

Kay explores some of the core principles of our new interactive toolkit.

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4Q4: Lived experience review project assistant
Four Questions For, Lived Experience Peg Digitalis Four Questions For, Lived Experience Peg Digitalis

4Q4: Lived experience review project assistant

In this edition of 4Q4 (Four Questions For), we speak with Peg Digitalis, who worked as a Lived Experience Project Assistant at NdC during the delivery of the recent lived experience review of services provided by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWP).

Peg shares why this work matters, how lived experience shaped the project, and how the findings could help services better support the people who rely on them.

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4Q4: Dr Virginia Carter Leno on disordered eating, Autism and ADHD
Four Questions For, Food & Eating Dr Virginia Carter Leno Four Questions For, Food & Eating Dr Virginia Carter Leno

4Q4: Dr Virginia Carter Leno on disordered eating, Autism and ADHD

Four questions for Dr Virginia Carter Leno, fellow at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, and co-author of a new research paper (published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal) that investigates the research priorities of autistic people and people with ADHD who have lived experience of disordered eating.

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4 Questions For: Autistic experiences of menopause study
Four Questions For Rose Matthews Four Questions For Rose Matthews

4 Questions For: Autistic experiences of menopause study

In this installment of our 4Q4 (Four Questions For) blogs, we speak with Rose Matthews, Community Research Associate on the Bridging the Silos: Autistic Menopause Study, an international co-produced research study bringing together Autistic community representatives and academics from Carleton University in Canada and Bournemouth University in the UK.

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4Q4: The experiences of Autistic adults on inpatient mental health wards
Four Questions For Rhiannon Williams Four Questions For Rhiannon Williams

4Q4: The experiences of Autistic adults on inpatient mental health wards

In this latest article in our ‘Four Questions For’ series exploring new research projects, we talk to Rhiannon Williams, a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Coventry University. Her doctoral research project asks ‘What are the Experiences of Autistic Adults who have Spent Time on Inpatient Mental Health Wards in England?’

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