March 2025 Resources Round-up
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Children
Gina Gush on normalising advocating for neurodivergent children
Ruth Jones challenges assumptions about speech and language therapy for children
The Untypical OT Talks with Heidi Mavir about the importance of embracing the term ‘disabled’ and parenting neurodivergent children
The Occuplaytional Therapist on how to help your child when they’re at the point of meltdown
Tanya Valentin explains how interoceptive differences can negatively impacted children’s wellbeing
Summer Farrelly on why autistic teens don’t need to develop or build social skills or resilience
The AuDHD Therapist looks at the different rates that children develop
SENDwise Hub has created a neuro-affirming daily reflections resource for children
Emily Edlynn shares five secrets to help you better understand your ADHDer
NeuroWild has created a new resource to help parents and other adults when talking to their non-autistic kids about their autistic sibling
Neurodivergent Parenting looks at what happens when following the standard path doesn’t make kids feel safe
Creative Neurodivergent on parenting autistic kids with sensory challenges
Autistic Realms on gestalt language processing, monotropism and young people
Gráinne Warren shares the harm of neuronormative social skills for neurodivergent children
The Occuplaytional Therapist explains why play is inherently political
SENDwise Hub asks why there’s an intense focus on pushing social skills
PDA
Kristy Forbes explains that not all PDAers fight or flee; some freeze or fawn
Laura Hellfeld explains why young PDAers need low pressure food opportunities
Steph’s Two Girls shares ten key points about PDA
Education
MPs highlight the crisis in SEND support in Surrey
Audhd Forward considers what undiagnosed AuDHD looks like in secondary school
Neurodivergent advocates have written an open letter to Bridget Phillipson after she warned parents against a ‘casual attitude’ to school attendance
Helen Buzdugan argues that parents are not the problem in the school attendance crisis
Autism Level UP explains why fidgets are tools
The pedagogy of spelling to communicate
Joanne Riordan on supporting dyspraxia in the classroom
Autistic Realms and Stimpunks look at obstacles in the way of neuro-affirming practice in educational settings, and ways forward
Apraxia and Non-speakers
Danny With Words discusses the harmful idea that disabled people’s right to a fulfilling life isn’t valid
David Gray-Hammond explains why Leucovorin is not a ‘breakthrough treatment’ For autism
Dave Robertson MP on why speech therapy is a bridge between isolation and inclusion
Non-speaking teen Patrick Saunders presents to South Australia’s Parliament House
Typer Tremblings on the Telepathy Tapes
The North Star and the Compass – blog explains some of the ways in which non-speakers communicate
Naomi Gwynne on what she and her twin brother experience when they leave the house
Use of Language and Pathologisation
Autie-biographical on how the narrative of autism as a superpower is used as a reason not to make accommodations
Dean Beadle explains why the term ‘autism friendly’ gives him the ick
The Autistic Teacher shares some common autism myths
Fidgets and Fries on why she doesn’t accept her autistic son being called ‘profound’
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network condemns the Make America Healthy Again Commission and harmful ideas about autism and other disabilities
The Neurodivergent Momma shares her thoughts on the US government’s approach to neurodivergent people
David Gray-Hammond asks people to stop using the term ‘special needs’
Fidget and Fries on the prejudice experienced when taking her disabled son to the toilet
Hvppyhands looks at the dehumanisation of indigo children
David Gray-Hammond looks beyond neurotyping
Gráinne Warren explains why disabled is not the same as being disordered
Late Identification
Embrace Autism on the rise of late autism diagnoses
Felicity Goodhall discusses the need for medical diagnostic pathways for those identified late
Amber Caldera on the emotional rollercoaster of learning you’re neurodivergent
Aurora Consulting asks why so many more people are now being identified as autistic
Spectrum Sloth on what it’s like to be autistic and excluded
Autistic and ADHD Culture and Ways of Being
Helen Edgar, Marion McLaughlin and Felicity Goodhall have released a free ebook on their experiences of monotropism entitled Monotropism Inspired Words
Cliona Kelliher on the importance of autistic people building connections with other autistics
The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast looks at low-spoons socialising for neurodivergent friendships
The Audhd Therapist explains why your brain can’t remember what was never recorded
Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics CIC are inviting people to be part of their project on Racialised Autistics’ Experiences Through Life’s Transitions
Stimpunks and Autistic Realms have issued an open invitation for people to share their experiences of being monotropic
Dr Alice Nicholls asks how to respond to ‘how are you?’
Damian Milton on double empathy and autistic worlds
The Autism Wellbeing Project outlines limerence
ND Perspective has launched a new free community for neurodivergent parents
SENDwise Hub discusses the power of finding your neurokin
Angela Kingdon looks at what the world would lose if autism were cured
Wellbeing and Neurodivergence
Adrian Darbyshire gives a personal account of monotropism and grief
The Autistic SENCO explains telephone anxiety
The Autlaw shares their experience of being homeless and autistic
Karuna Therapeutic Services addresses the barriers to autistic identification for black people in the UK
Madison Tevlin on people putting limits on those with Down Syndrome
A neurodivergent family share their airport experience
Autism in Black have released a practical guide to promoting safety for Black autistic individuals and their families
Supporting an autistic loved one with an eating disorder
Molly Anderton shares an autistic journey of anorexia recovery
Viv Dawes looks and menopause and burnout in autistic people
Viv Dawes discusses the impact of social media on burnout
Living Neurodiversely on how to self-advocate for reasonable adjustments as an autistic person
SENDwise Hub looks at accessibility as a right not a request
Laura Hellfeld suggests questions to ask your healthcare provider about ADHD medications
Neurodivergent-Affirming Practice
Aurora Autistic Consulting shares their experience of delivering training to GPs
Catherine Flynn has produced a set of neuroaffirmative neurodivergent flashcards for download
River Marino on autism in therapy: monotropism, meditation and autistic flow
Monique Mitchelson’s Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy with Autism & ADHD Clients is available on demand
Real Social Skills offers a disability-affirming growth mindset
EMDR therapy and neurodiversity
Autism and Being Monotropic – What Medical and Other Practitioners Need to Know by Dr Wenn Lawson will be released on February 21st
Work and Employment
Maxfield Sparrow explains why the system says he’s unemployable, and why that’s a lie
Greg Barradale on how the UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Alice Hewson outlines some of the strengths disabled and neurodivergent people can bring to the workplace
Autistics in Academia: Narratives of Work, Adversity, and Achievement from Around the World by Sandra Thom-Jones will be published on March 13th
Co-occurring Health Conditions
Laura Hellfeld looks at hypermobility and Ehlers Danlos and how they affect toileting
Emma Dalmayne shares her experience of fibromyalgia
Neurodivergent Parenting looks at how autistic and ADHD bodies function differently
Research
Ann Memmott rounds up February’s autism research
An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services
Discourse-based approaches to autistic focussed interests: Understanding shared focus, mutual accommodation, and multimodal expression
Diminished interoceptive accuracy in ADHD
Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care
AMASE have released videos of their first research lightning talks
Research shows Scottish adults with learning disabilities are dying 15 years younger than average
Jamie Hoerricks introduces able grounded phenomenology: Ethical research for autistic lives
Recognising the belonging of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in research through a collaborative exploration of identity
The genetic landscape of paediatric postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Moving to a neurodiversity-affirming paradigm in the support system: Autistic professionals As paradigm change
Neurodivergent physicists construct a non-normative, neuroqueer literacy in physics
Global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward
Jay Getten examines neurodiversity in prehistoric times and offers a new view on human evolution
Jade Farrington - Neurodivergent Counsellor and Rewind Trauma Therapist 
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