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Children
Jess Garner has created a free on demand webinar, ‘Nurturing Self-Esteem in Autistic Young People’
Tanya Valentin and Laura Hellfeld discuss making hygiene accessible for neurodivergent kids
Elspeth Hetrick says neurodivergent teens need more sensory accommodations than you think
Laura Hellfeld explains why the same lunch every day can be helpful
Em Hammond has launched a NeuroWild website for all her resources and services
Kristy Forbes has produced ‘When Children Love Horror: A Guide for Parents & Carers’
Diversity Doodles urges people to listen to what is being said before reacting to the tone
Jodie Clarke and Liz Evans discuss why neurodivergent parents are epic
Autistic people discuss the question, ‘Should I have children as an Autistic adult?’
Teo Byrne on knowing that her child will never live independently
Gráinne Warren explains that emotional regulation isn’t just a skill to teach
Destiny Huff says teaching coping skills is not about teaching supression
Daniel Share-Strom has released ‘Do You Want to Play?: Making Friends with an Autistic Kid’
Stevie Whitby has published ‘The Wild Way In: With Every Difference Comes Strength’
Laura Hellfeld says humour belongs in the lives of disabled and neurodivergent kids too
David Gray-Hammond on parent blame and the politicisation of neurodivergent children’s lives
Courtney Ahn says don’t be a child’s first bully
Em Hammond has created an ‘I might need…’ self-advocacy poster
Adelle Sushames reminds parents that they aren’t limited to school opinions when seeking a diagnosis
PDA
Tania Wieclaw on explaining PDA to others
Natalie Froud looks at research, evidence, and practical strategies for supporting children and adults with PDA
Libby Hill and Liz Evans discuss the differences between demand avoidance and PDA
The PDA Space Summit presentations are now all available to view on demand
Steph Curtis on college and the post-18 abyss
Kristy Forbes shares her PDA experience of seeking support
Education
Dr Jaime Hoerricks on scripts, silence, and the systemic refusal of schools to see gestalt language pathways
Dr Jaime Hoerricks shares everyday strategies for GLP literacy
Teo Byrne explains why breaktimes are essential and should never be withheld
Michaela Silsby looks at how interoception differences can affect children at school
The International Coalition Against Restraint And Seclusion are carrying out a survey looking at the experiences of people who have been placed in a removal, isolation, or seclusion room in English schools
Greg Santucci asks if behaviour management systems are demonstrating kindness
Helen Buzdugan looks at how teachers are forced to rebel to be kind
Pam Laricchia on focusing on the wonderful child in front of you instead of looking through a deficit lens
Emma the Autistic SENCo explores neuronormativity, the invisible standard that hurts neurodivergent pupils
Pete Wharmby speaks at the SEND protest outside the UK Parliament
Pete Wharmby looks at the hidden truth about attitudes towards public education in the UK
The Mind Full Autistic challenges the idea that if children “won’t go to school, you need to make home less inviting”
Autistic Revolution magazine have released their education edition
Helen Buzdugan challenges the Department for Education’s spin that “every day of school missed is a day stolen from a child’s future”
Mandy Cook explains the problem with SLANT
Jodie Isitt challenges the way children are treated over uniform
Helen Edgar has published ‘Embracing Monotropism & Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions at Home and School’
Helen Buzdugan shares her experience of when a two-minute early leave pass becomes a “part-time timetable”
Libby Hill looks at why so many Year 7s struggle with selective mutism
Emily Wooden on moving out for university and living away from home as a young Autistic person
Marnina Kammersell on creating rhythm not schedule in home education
Evaleen Whelton looks at how to choose a neuro-affirming course for Autistic pupils
Apraxia and Non-speakers
Dmitry Ciocea distinguishes between critique and perpetuating systemic harm against augmented communication users
Jordan Garratt explains what PECS is and why they don’t like it
Dmitry Ciocea shares examples of his daughter using Pictellos to communicate
Patrick Saunders campaigns for recognition for preferred methods of communication for non-speakers
Cari Ebert on defending robust AAC
Shubha Balabaer considers why they found it so easy to reject ABA for their non-speaking son
Libby Hill explains that communication is so much more than words
Tiffany Hammond shares the bond she has with her non-speaking son
Neurodiversity Paradigm Exploration
Janae Elisabeth explains neurodivergence and why people don’t get to take a word from a liberation movement and turn it into a new tool for oppression
Sonny Jane Wise offers a deep dive into the neurodiversity paradigm
Sonny Jane Wise outlines epistemic injustice
I consider whether the neurodiversity paradigm really says people can’t change and that your neurotype determines your life
Sonny Jane Wise shares dualities in the neurodiversity paradigm
Late Identification
Lovette Jallow looks at why so many women discover they’re Autistic or ADHD during perimenopause
Emma explains why a diagnosis can be both painful and liberating from an IFS and neurodiversity paradigm perspective
Julia Lee Barclay-Morton explores her Autistic thought ancestors
Viv Dawes explains the importance of identifying people as Autistic and the dangers of the over-diagnosis myth
Thriving Autistic shares lightbulb moments and discovering you’re Autistic
Chanelle Moriah has released ‘I Am Dyslexic: An Interactive and Informative Guide’
Marion McLaughlin looks at the systemic barriers to Autistic people recognising themselves in deficit-based descriptions
Ash asks whether late or early autism diagnosis is a privilege
Neurodivergent Cultures and Ways of Being
Teo Byrne looks at the importance of understanding movement for neurodivergent people
Sonny Jane Wise on embracing inconsistency
Dr Angela Kingdon shares pillars of Autistic culture
Dr Chloe Farahar on what it means to be Autistic
Dr Chloe Farahar says their Autistic existence is not up for debate
Marion McLaughlin shares what it means to be Autistic
Teo Byrne outlines alternatives to neuronormative ways of connecting
Catherine Flynn embraces Autistic sameness
Helen Edgar reflects on what Autistic community means
Shawna Coppola shares how they distinguish between a friend and an acquaintance
‘Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers’ is now available
John Pendal on being an Autistic stand-up comedian and neurodivergent coach
Fergus Murray updates their explanation of monotropism as a unified theory of autism
Sonny Jane Wise shares internal experiences of those with NPD
Helen Edgar looks at the myth of the polytropic ADHD/AuDHD mind
How learning about monotropism can change how Autistic people view themselves
Wellbeing and Neurodivergence
All Brains Belong VT have launched a digital resource library of their Brain Club® sessions
David Gray-Hammond on curating space and creating felt safety through Autistic nesting
Ayanna Sanaa Davis on survival wiring in Autistic people
David Gray-Hammond looks beyond environments to understand Autistic experience as ecosystem
Ayanna Sanaa Davis says suicide prevention must be inclusive
How social media can provide community, connection and kinship
Beth shares her experience of Autistic catatonia
Teo Byrne looks at the costs of chasing independence and what we can do instead
Kelly Banks explores ADHD imposter syndrome
David Gray-Hammond shares his experience of alexithymia and psychosis as an Autistic person
David Gray-Hammond outlines the AuDHD burnout to psychosis cycle
Anissa Ljanta on usable hours and the diversity of humans
Neurodivergent therapists Alice Tew and Carly Radford have launched a new podcast, ‘Too Much, Apparently’
Lucy Pollard looks at autism and suicide prevention
Helen Edgar explores how Autistic people can experience grief differently
Emily Duffy explains how to use the Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord
Tania Wieclaw shares her experience of masking
David Gray-Hammond and Teo Byrne critique normative ideas of resilience and reframe it through a neurodivergent lens
Ayanna Sanaa Davis outlines the mental health impacts on Black Autistic people when the world talks as if they’re a problem
Kelly Banks exposes toxic productivity culture
Kristen McClure on how to break the grip of rejection sensitivity
Natasha Wakeling shares how listening to their body makes a huge difference in how they live with tics
Lou Chandler offers tips for a home that supports executive functioning
Teo Byrne on the importance and downfall of comfort in neurodivergent contexts
Kelly Mahler explains interoception predictions and their relationship to food
Natasha Leahy explores what a good neurodivergent life might entail
Neurodivergent-Affirming Practice
Catherine Flynn explores how Autistic clients reclaim their creative power in therapy
Ann Memmott on the lack of understanding of Autistic experience, and whether CBT works
Dr Jaime Hoerricks shares a GLP-affirming guide
Liz Evans has created a guide explaining what an occupational therapist does
Evaleen Whelton shares four stages of paradigm shift in supporting Autistic connection
Kate Boot looks at neurodiversity-affirming practice, queerness and disability through an epistemic justice lens
Elizabeth Morrison has created a sensory sensitivity assessment tool to help understand sensory strengths and challenges
Dr Holly Kahya shares why they are a neuroaffirmative professional
Dr Patty Gently looks towards a dynamical systems approach to treating functional neurological disorder
Philippa Balazs shares how ableism shows up in counselling training
Kelly Mahler looks at ARFID and interoception, and why epistemic and hermeneutical injustice matter
Kate Boot explores how therapists can challenge epistemic injustice for Autistic people
RDs for Neurodiversity looks at the harm caused when an ‘expert’ tells someone their inner reality is not valid
Kate Boot explains that when Autistic people don’t have access to tools like visuals, they’re at risk of being silenced or misunderstood
Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics CIC share autism myth busting booklets in several languages for International Translation Day
Work and Employment
Kelly Tuttle on surviving office overload with a light-sensitive brain
Sandra Thom-Jones has released ‘Autistics at Work: A Practical Guide’
Brett Whitmarsh considers what to say – and not say – when an employee discloses that they’re Autistic or ADHD
Kelly Tuttle looks at how open plan offices drain your energy
David Gray-Hammond considers how traditional professionalism excludes neurodivergent professionals
Kristen McClure explores how the way meetings are run can make a difference in ADHD burnout
Ann Memmott exposes predatory book contracts for Autistic people
Neurodivergent Health
Dr Chloe Farahar looks at why Autistic and polyennic people can have so many health difficulties
Rachel Litchman explains why they left the rehab hospital more disabled than when they arrived
Madeleine Ayling explores the complicate mix of autism, ADHD and eczema
Aimee Grant, Harriet Axbey and Rebecca Ellis look at why menopause may be even tougher for Autistic people and what needs to change
The Autistic Girls Network looks at hormones, autism and ADHD
Chronically Jenni shares five things about living with chronic pain
Laura Hellfeld explains diagnostic overshadowing and why it matters
Research
Ann Memmott rounds up September’s autism, ADHD and learning disability research
Shubha Balabaer looks at how to read a primary research paper
Becca Lory Hector explains why community-engaged, neuroaffirming research matters
Dr Jaime Hoerricks reviews new research showing Autistic infants communicate and relational attunement matters
Dr Patrick Dwyer looks at monotropism and research
Dr Jaime Hoerricks explains why “no evidence” of GLP means “we refused to look”
Co-designing inclusive school playgrounds with neurodivergent children
Race, autism, and intersectional stigma among Black and white Autistic adults
Katie Munday and Naomi Jacobs on empowering Autistic people in research
Dr Patty Gently looks at new research into dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and hyperneuroplasticity
A new paper investigates optimising general practice support for Autistic adults
Use of Language and Pathologisation
Sonny Jane Wise responds to those who like to view neurodivergence as disorder or illness
Tiffany Hammond fights back against organisations which frame her son as a burden
Dr Patty Gently explores narcissism and “Cluster B shaming” through a lens of attachment trauma
Steph Robertson on hermeneutical injustice and why neurodivergent voices have often gone unheard
Dr Chloe Farahar asks people to stop shoe-horning the neurodiversity paradigm into the pathology paradigm
Dr Jaime Hoerricks says autism isn’t context blindness, it’s context clarity
David Gray-Hammond asks if autism needs to be cured
David Gray-Hammond challenges Amazon on their sale of books promoting fake autism cures
Emma Dalmayne shares her battle against autism abuse
Emma Dalmayne explores why autism cure debates are harmful
Ayanna Sanaa Davis outlines why white Autistics shouldn’t compare their struggles to Black Autistics
Pete Wharmby looks at the fallout from Trump’s autism announcement
Kieran Rose on how to respond to arguments that paracetamol causes autism
Danielle Jata-Hall says Autistic lives don’t need preventing
Jannine Perryman on Autistic shame as containment and compliance
Lyric Rivera gives their view on Trump’s autism announcement
Colin Killick says Trump and RFK Jr. must stop treating Autistics like a plague to be eradicated
Jessica Matthews says our united voice is our most powerful reply
Tiffany Hammond looks at Leucovorin as an Autistic parent
Shubha Balabaer shares information on Leucovorin
Sher Griffin addresses spectacle, eugenics, and liberation in the age of political theatre
Kelly on the existential threat the disability community is facing
Lindsay Douglas asks why people hate Autistics so much
Dr Chloe Farahar responds to ignorant and cruel comments about what it means to be Autistic
Courtney Ahn challenges the presumptions behind the idea that disabled people don’t contribute
Viv Dawes explores why the DSM description of what it means to be Autistic is unhelpful and causes stigma
Helen Buzdugan shares how autism and ADHD are conceptualised in a poster display in her GP surgery
Theresa Scovil illustrates why they prefer identity first language
Jeremy Andrew Davis asks allies not to infantalise Autistic people or paint their lives as tragedies
Dr Megan Anna Neff has created a mini-series exploring the diagnostic criteria for autism
Pete Wharmby says people don’t pretend to be Autistic, they pretend not to be Autistic
Cari Ebert looks at differences between autism awareness and acceptance
Dr Jaime Hoerricks on Baron-Cohen, autism, and the politics of assimilation
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