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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Author
- Abs S. Ashley
- Adam Fare
- Aimee Fletcher
- Aisling Sheehy
- Andreia Costa
- Ann Memmott
- Antonia Aluko
- Bethan Warner
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- Rod Landman
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- Sophie Broadgate
- Stop Oxevision
- Thomas Barnett
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- Victoria Denham
- Warda Farah
- Zoë Austin
This Is My Place: Finding Belonging in Schools, Homes and Communities
For many Neurodivergent children, belonging can feel confusing, distant, or out of reach long before they have the words to explain why. Emma explores how early experiences of difference and exclusion shape a child’s sense of self — and why understanding, acceptance, and the right support can help them grow up feeling secure in who they are.
This is my place: supporting Autistic children’s wellbeing in neuro-affirming ways
During Children’s Mental Health Week, “This Is My Place” invites us to rethink how we support Autistic children. Helen Edgar explores how creating safe, Neurodivergent-affirming spaces—where children’s sensory needs, communication, and interests are respected—helps them feel they truly belong and thrive.
Subscribe or block: a Neurodivergent’s guide to social media
In this blog, our Guest Contributor explores their relationship with social media and the role it can play in the lives of Neurodivergent people in providing community, connection and kinship.
‘I have tried to start again’ - A lived experience reflection on PBS
As part of our series of ‘Against PBS & ABA’ campaign blogs, this reflection, from our Guest contributor, shares a deeply impactful lived experience of undergoing PBS whilst in psychiatric inpatient care.
PBS & ABA research —campaign edition (Part 2)
Ann Memmott returns for Part 2 of the AGAINST PBS & ABA research roundup blog, in which Ann explores further related research papers and existing resources.
PBS & ABA research —campaign edition (Part 1)
In recognition of Neurodiverse Connection’s new campaign ‘Against PBS & ABA’, Ann Memmott explores related research papers and existing resources. With some reflections of her own, Ann shares a grounding in the subjects of PBS & ABA and outlines some concerns about the approaches and evidence base.
Exploring the connections: dysregulation, burnout, and mental health
In this blog, Remie Colledge, Guest Contributor, shares reflections on her lived experience of mental health recovery, exploring the connections between cycles of dysregulation, Autistic burnout, relapse and recovery.
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
Emma shares their lived experience perspective on how families and loved ones of autistic individuals with eating disorders can navigate the complexities of offering support.
Menstruation in psychiatric inpatient settings
Hat Porter explores the experiences of menstruating whilst in psychiatric inpatient settings, informed by their own lived experience and their latest research, conducted with support from the National Survivor User Network (NSUN).
- 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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