Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.
Category: Lived Experience
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My Embodied Experience of Autistic Joy
For Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Neurodiverse Connection’s Development Lead, Kay Louise Aldred, shares her personal exploration of Autistic joy as an embodied experience.
An Autistic journey of Anorexia recovery
In recognition of Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025, Molly Anderton, NdC Lived Experience Advisor and Development Lead, shares a deeply personal account of how her experience of being a late diagnosed Autistic adult has impacted and informed her recovery from Anorexia.
Supporting an autistic loved one with an eating disorder
Our guest contributor shares a lived experience perspective on how families and loved ones of autistic individuals with eating disorders can navigate the complexities of offering support.
9 lessons learned from working in a non-Neurodivergent-affirming environment
Reflecting on their recent experience, NdC Development Lead Kay Louise Aldred shares some key lessons she learned from navigating a non-Neurodivergent-affirming workplace environment.
Applying for PIP as an Autistic person
Emily Wooden shares a frank account of her difficult experience applying for PIP as an Autistic person, and how it forced her to confront some challenging reflections around masking and identity.
Embracing alone time in the festive season
Festivities and holidays can be extremely difficult for Autistic and otherwise Neurodivergent people for a variety of reasons; with the way they cause so much change and differences in sensory input and an increase in social situations. For me, I am wholeheartedly of the belief that we would all be happier people during the festive season, Neurodivergent or not, if we allowed ourselves to have more alone time.
Tips from the NdC team for managing the festive season
NdC Team Member Molly Anderton assesses the challenges of the festive season, and has compiled a list of tips from other members of the NdC team for managing these difficulties—including eating, routine, social expectations and sensory overwhelm.
‘Meet us halfway’—better communication between mental health inpatient staff and Autistic service-users
In this blog, a Guest Contributor shares suggestions, derived from their own lived experience of mental health inpatient services, for how staff can develop better relationships and improve their communication with Autistic services users.
Unpacking radicalisation: how Neurodivergent minds are targeted by the far-right
Against the backdrop of the wave of racial-hatred and violence that swept the UK in recent weeks, NdC Development Lead Grace Lee examines how Neurodivergent minds can be vulnerable to exploitation and radicalisation by by far-right narratives and deliberate misinformation, and what can be done to find a way forward.
10 top tips for…inpatient admission
Inpatient admission as an Autistic person can be a stressful experience. This blog curates ten tips for everyday items you can bring with you to help ease the process. Written by an anonymous guest contributor with experience of inpatient services.
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