NdC Journal

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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4Q4: Autism and sexual violence: Understanding victim-blaming towards Autistic victim-survivors
Four Questions For Zoe Collier Four Questions For Zoe Collier

4Q4: Autism and sexual violence: Understanding victim-blaming towards Autistic victim-survivors

In this edition of 4Q4 (Four Questions For), we speak with Zoe Collier, a PhD student at Durham University researching victim-blaming towards autistic people following sexual violence. Her research explores how autism stigma influences and shapes autistic victim-survivors’ experiences of victim-blaming, helping to further our understanding of the experiences of autistic victim-survivors when seeking criminal justice.

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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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4Q4: Autistic experiences of menopause study
Four Questions For Rose Matthews Four Questions For Rose Matthews

4Q4: 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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