Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.
Month
- September 2025
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Author
- Abs S. Ashley
- Adam Fare
- Aimee Fletcher
- Aisling Sheehy
- Ann Memmott
- Antonia Aluko
- Beverley Samways
- Brendan Maguire
- Callum Stephen Howes
- Cassandra Lovelock
- Cassandra Lovelock and El Dewar
- Charli Clement
- Claire
- Cos Michael
- Darren O'Reilly
- Dr Catherine Crompton
- Dr Virginia Carter Leno
- El Dewar
- Elise Guthrie Stirling
- Emily Lees
- Emily Katy
- Emily Wooden
- Emma Nielson
- Grace Lee
- Guest Contributor
- Harriet Axbey
- Hat Porter
- Helen Edgar
- Iqra Babar
- Jill Corbyn
- Kai Schweizer
- Katie Munday and Naomi Lawson Jacobs
- Katrine Callander
- Kay Louise Aldred
- Krysia Waldock
- Kyra Thompson
- Lizzie Smith
- Lou Chandler
- Lucy Gilbert
- Meena Kumari
- Molly Anderton
- Molly Siobhan Parker
- Nick Ransom
- Reesha Zahir
- Remie Colledge
- Rhiannon Williams
- Rod Landman
- Rose Matthews
- Sarah Douglas
- Sarah Boon
- Sascha Bellamy
- Sophie Broadgate
- Stop Oxevision
- Thomas Barnett
- Tina
- Trauma Geek
- Warda Farah
Going to university: living away from home
We are joined by guest contributor, Emily Wooden, for the second blog in a mini-series about going to university as a young Autistic person, this time exploring the joys and difficulties of living away from home.
Going to university: moving out
With a new academic year upon us, we are joined by guest contributor, Emily Wooden, for the first blog in a mini-series about going to University as a young Autistic person.
Surviving or thriving? My experience of the education system.
In this blog, Emily Wooden, shares her experience of navigating the education system as an Autistic girl, and the subsequent impact of reaching Autistic burnout.
PBS: Power Before Sensitivity
This campaign series blog is written by a Guest Contributor, who is parent to two Neurodivergent young people. Their youngest, Jaimie, has always experienced difficulties accessing education, both mainstream and specialist and they reflect on the role Positive Behaviour Support has played in their family's experiences.
Positive Behaviour Support: discovery, reflection and radical rethinking
In this blog, NdC’s Development Lead, Kay Louise Aldred, shares her journey of learning about PBS and ABA and explores how her developing knowledge has led to deep reflection and radical rethinking.
The untold struggles of Neurodivergent Black boys in schools
Honoring Black History Month, NdC Associate Warda Farah explores the intersection of Black and Neurodivergent identity, and reflects on how the dual marginalisation faced by Black Autistic individuals is further compounded for boys in school settings.
Warda is the creator and host of NdC’s monthly, free-to-attend Black Autistic Meetup sessions.
4 Questions For…Authors of Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning: From Babble to Later Life
We sit down to discuss Krysia Waldock and Nathan Keates new edited book, exploring Neurodivergent learning from babble to later life.
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.
Top Ten Tips for Starting University as an Autistic Person
To celebrate her new book “University: The Autistic Guide: Everything You Need to Survive and Thrive”, Harriet Axbey has compiled a list of ten tips for UK undergraduate students starting university.
Autism Research—What’s New in January 2024
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases new and important research from teams and academics working within the field.
- ABA
- abuse
- accessible
- ADHD
- adults
- advocacy
- affirming
- aging
- assessment
- autism
- autistic parents
- black autistic
- building design
- burnout
- childhood
- children
- co production
- coercive control
- communication
- community
- culture
- depression
- Designing Homes for Sensory Differences Summit 2024
- diagnosis
- disability
- dyslexia
- eating disorders
- education
- empathy
- employment
- environment
- ethics
- executive functioning
- family
- friendships
- GCC Summit 2023
- gender
- grooming
- guidance
- health
- healthcare
- holiday
- housing
- human rights
- identity
- inclusion
- inpatient
- intersectionality
- joy
- language
- late diagnosed
- learning disability
- LGBTQIA+
- lived experience
- masking
- medicalisation
- meltdown
- mental health
- monotropism
- mothers
- nervous system
- newly diagnosed
- NHS
- OCD
- online
- pain
- parents
- PBS
- peer support
- play
- psychiatric care
- quality of life
- race
- racism
- reasonable adjustments
- relationships
- research
- resources
- routine
- school
- self diagnosis
- self regulation
- sensory environment
- sensory overwhelm
- sensory processing
- services
- sexism
- special interests
- spirituality
- stimming
- stress
- suicide
- support
- therapy
- training
- trauma
- trauma-informed
- women
- workplace
- young people
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