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
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.
Five Neurodivergent-Affirming Resources for Younger Children
As part of our Beyond Acceptance content to mark World Autism Acceptance Week, we have gathered together five excellent resources to get young people engaged with Neurodivergent-affirming concepts.
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.
“No attendance score is worth your suffering”
Cassie Lovelock makes the case for why the UK government’s ‘drive to improve school attendance’ will have detrimental impacts on neurodivergent children, young people, and their families.
Monotropism, Young People and Autistic Burnout
Helen Edgar (Autistic Realms) examines how the theory of Monotropism provides a lens for understanding the challenges Autistic, ADHD and AuDHD young people face in the education system and at home, and how their needs can be better supported to avoid burnout.
Autism Research—What’s New in December 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 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 June 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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