Dive into a collection of articles that amplify neurodivergent voices, support a more thorough understanding of neurodiversity, and challenge common misconceptions.

The quiet season: reclaiming rest from performative festivity
Lived Experience Victoria Denham Lived Experience Victoria Denham

The quiet season: reclaiming rest from performative festivity

Winter is supposed to be a season of rest. The natural world slows down, the light fades and everything in our biology leans toward quiet. Yet December demands the opposite: noise, speed, performance, compulsory joy.

For many Neurodivergent people, this isn’t festive,it’s exhausting. This year, perhaps more than any other, NdC’s Communications and Project Assistant, Tors Denham has found herself questioning whether she wants to keep pretending that this version of celebration works for her. 

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From belonging to overwhelm: the daily reality of shifting spaces
Lived Experience Remie Colledge Lived Experience Remie Colledge

From belonging to overwhelm: the daily reality of shifting spaces

Guest contributor, Remie Colledge, is optimistic that parts of society are showing glimmers of becoming more Neurodivergent-affirming… And yet, intolerance and discrimination still plagues marginalised communities.

In this blog, Remie explores what it is like to exist in a world where Neurodivergent people are both accepted and welcomed AND invalidated and excluded.  

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Embracing alone time in the festive season
Lived Experience Charli Clement Lived Experience Charli Clement

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.

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Four approaches for coping with seasonal change
Kay Louise Aldred Kay Louise Aldred

Four approaches for coping with seasonal change

Kay Aldred (NdC Development Lead) shares her recommendations for coping with seasonal change, grouped into four key approaches: making physical adjustments, supporting mental and emotional wellbeing, supporting energy levels and reducing executive functioning burden.

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Neurodivergence, Trauma and Recovery (Part 2/3) — Connecting Back to Embodiment
Kay Louise Aldred Kay Louise Aldred

Neurodivergence, Trauma and Recovery (Part 2/3) — Connecting Back to Embodiment

In this three-part series of blogs, NdC Development Lead Kay Aldred examines the complex entanglement of Neurodivergence and trauma, and the implications this has for the concept of “recovery”. In this second part, Kay explores how connecting to the body can illuminate an understanding of trauma and recovery. 

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