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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Permission to Try: Celebrating the Legacy of the Culture of Care Programme
Molly Anderton Molly Anderton

Permission to Try: Celebrating the Legacy of the Culture of Care Programme

In this blog, Molly Anderton reflects on her journey as a Lived Experience Advisor on the Culture of Care Programme, exploring the challenges, emotions and achievements that shaped the programme’s impact. She shares how teams moved from uncertainty and fear of change towards greater confidence, connection and courage to create meaningful improvements in care.

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Creativity, Collaboration and Connection
Antonia Aluko Antonia Aluko

Creativity, Collaboration and Connection

Reflecting on their experience as a Neurodivergent Lived Experience Advisor on the Culture of Care Programme, Antonia Aluko shares how bringing lived experience into a professional role transformed her confidence, fostered connection, and reinforced the power of lived experience to drive meaningful change. 

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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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“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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