Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.
Author
- Abs S. Ashley
- Adam Fare
- Aisling Sheehy
- Ann Memmott
- Antonia Aluko
- Callum Stephen Howes
- Cassandra Lovelock
- Cassandra Lovelock and El Dewar
- Charli Clement
- Claire
- Cos Michael
- Dr Virginia Carter Leno
- El Dewar
- Elise Guthrie Stirling
- Emily Lees
- Emily Katy
- Grace Lee
- Guest Contributor
- Harriet Axbey
- Helen Edgar
- Iqra Babar
- Jill Corbyn
- Kai Schweizer
- Katrine Callander
- Kay Louise Aldred
- Krysia Waldock
- Lucy Gilbert
- Meena Kumari
- Nick Ransom
- Reesha Zahir
- Rhiannon Williams
- Rod Landman
- Rose Matthews
- Sarah Douglas
- Sarah Boon
- Sophie Broadgate
- Thomas Barnett
- Tina
- Trauma Geek
- Warda Farah
Hospital is not a home
Cassie Lovelock considers what would an accessible social housing system look like for neurodivergent folk?
The right to ‘home’: human rights and sensory needs on psychiatric wards
Charli Clement (NdC Associate) examines the challenging sensory environments of psychiatric inpatient wards in the context of the little-discussed eighth article of the Human Rights Act.
Autism Research—What’s New in April
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.
“Don’t get hysterical”: Capitalism, Patriarchy and ADHD
Aisling Sheehy examines the intersection of capitalism and patriarchy in the historical and current marginalisation of women’s health, with a particular focus on diagnoses of ADHD.
The Cass Review’s final report: The implications at the intersection of trans and neurodivergence
Neurodivergent academic Abs S. Ashley critiques the ‘insidious mobilisation’ of neurodivergence to undermine the agency of transgender people in the UK’s recently published Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people’.
Autism Research—What’s New in March
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.
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?’
Neurodivergent lived experiences, co-production, and the future of mental health services
To coincide with our involvement as a delivery partner in NHS England’s Culture of Care programme, Cassie Lovelock details the benefits of co-production as a powerful tool for reforming mental health services in a neurodivergent-affirming way.
Autism Research—What’s New in November 2023?
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.
Autism Research - What’s New in October 2023
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases some of the research from teams making an impact on improving the quality of life for autistic individuals.
- ABA
- ableism
- abuse
- accessible
- ADHD
- adults
- advocacy
- affirming
- aging
- anxiety
- assessment
- autism
- autistic parents
- black autistic
- body image
- building design
- burnout
- childhood
- children
- co production
- coercive control
- communication
- community
- culture
- dentist
- depression
- Designing Homes for Sensory Differences Summit 2024
- diagnosis
- disability
- discrimination
- dyslexia
- eating disorders
- education
- empathy
- employment
- ethics
- friendship
- friendships
- GCC Summit 2023
- gender
- grooming
- guidance
- health
- healthcare
- housing
- human rights
- identity
- illness
- inclusion
- inpatient
- intersectionality
- language
- late diagnosed
- learning disability
- LGBTQIA+
- lived experience
- masking
- media
- medicalisation
- mental health
- monotropism
- mothers
- nervous system
- newly diagnosed
- NHS
- pain
- parents
- pathology
- peer support
- play
- psychiatric care
- PTSD
- quality of life
- race
- racism
- reasonable adjustments
- relationships
- research
- resources
- retirement
- school
- self diagnosis
- self regulation
- sensory environment
- sensory overwhelm
- sensory processing
- services
- sexism
- special interests
- spirituality
- stimming
- stress
- suicide
- support
- training
- trauma
- trauma-informed
- women
- workplace
- young people
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