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Children
GROVE have released a ‘Being Us’ booklet to support Autistic young people to develop a positive identity
Tania Wieclaw shares her experience of when a neurodivergent child struggles to eat
Rosy Hall asks why disabled children should have to wear a badge announcing their needs just so that people treat them with empathy and patience
Shubha Balabaer argues against “autism frameworks” for kids, no matter how nice they are
Mick Olds explores the meaning behind “behaviour is communication”
Gráinne Warren has created a capacity bubble resource to help young people understand and honour their energy
Dmitry Ciocea looks at the assumptions made when he rejects the grievance narrative of parenting an Autistic child
Cari Ebert reminds that Autistic play is authentic play
Elspeth Hetrick considers the problem with developmental milestones for neurodivergent kids
Maxine Share explains why hiding an autism diagnosis can harm a child
Libby Hill looks at when “safeguarding” is confused with parent-blaming, and children are hurt by the system
Mick Olds explains how children often handle drips of information best
Elspeth Hetrick gives an Autistic parent’s opinion on ABA
Helen Buzdugan highlights the UK government’s punitive approach to disabled families
Jessica Dolev on the professionals confusing compliance with support
‘We Need to Talk About Autism and Parent-Carer Blame: How and why parents face blame, and what we can all do about it’ by Alice Running is now available to pre-order
Elspeth Hetrick says a lack of social skills wasn’t why she didn’t have friends
Education
Kieran Rose explains why there’s no such thing as SEND
Mick Olds encourages schools and childcare settings to let young children be children
‘It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School’ is now available
Stacey Innes and Elaine Walklet discuss advocating for educational justice
Denita Dinger encourages educators to let go of adult-driven projects and help parents to understand the benefits of child-driven play
Greg Santucci and Denita Dinger challenge school posters telling children how to sit
Beth Morrant shares her ADHD daughter’s experience of being put in isolation for wearing the wrong trousers
Joyner Emerick discusses how to reclaim disabled kids’ futures
Apraxia and Non-speakers
David Kaufer explores why message-passing is invalid and designed to fail non-speakers
29 Spellers have a message for those who doubt them
Tom McDonald explains why play matters more than with think with AAC
Libby Hill challenges the idea that communication has to look a certain way to be valid
David Kaufer says stop making non-speakers prove they’re worth teaching
Jennifer explains why “autism intervention packages” have great potential to harm autistic people no matter the theoretical background
Neurodiversity Paradigm Exploration
David Gray Hammond considers why right-wing ideology stalls neurodiversity and the neurodiversity movement needs to be political
Sonny Jane Wise highlights neurosupremacy and hierarchies within the neurodivergent community
Neurodivergent Cultures and Ways of Being
Dr Jaime Hoerricks looks at how gestalt processors think, speak, and remember in wholeness
Jenn Connor explores why neurodivergent people may struggle with New Year’s Resolutions
The Plural Association considers whether you can tell when someone is a System
Kieran Rose and Josh Knowles have recorded a short animated introduction to Autistic masking
Kristy Forbes discusses what happens when a PDA child becomes an animal
Ryan Walsh and Maxfield Sparrow discuss Autistic joy
Katherine Delmenico shares what being Autistic is like for her
Wenn Lawson has created an infographic reframing autism from deficit to difference
Gráinne Warren on bias, rigidity, and the exclusion of neurodivergent clients in psychotherapy
Mykie Mubarak points out that white, low support needs Autistics are dominating the autism community
Tom Delahunt talks about his ADHD life with Dr Chloe Farahar and Reverend Lizzie Hopthrow and his search for neurodivergent people to share space with
Dr Jaime Hoerricks explores queerplatonic bonds
‘We Hyperfocus’ has launched as an online magazine focused on neurodivergent creatives
David Gray-Hammond says yes his autism does define him
Marnina Kammersell explores limerence and PDA
Dr Gemma Williams reviews ‘Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers’
Kelly Banks looks at why ADHDers may delay sleep
Helen J identifies the friendship patterns she didn’t see
Wellbeing and Neurodivergence
Maxfield Sparrow explores the power of timely withdrawal from conflict
Janae Elisabeth explains why trauma-informed doesn’t mean trigger-free
Helen Edgar discusses Autistic experiences and wellbeing with Simeon Thompson and Dr Sophia Christoph
Courtney Freedman-Thompson explores how unmasking begins in the body
Janae Elisabeth argues that models of trauma need to be updated to include systemic trauma
Teo Byrne explains why declarative language doesn’t always land as intended for PDAers
Kristy Forbes discusses the question ‘Is it trauma or is it PDA?’
Janae Elisabeth shares their experience of using TV for connection and dissociation
Teo Byrne on the exhaustion of asking for support again and again
Pete Wharmby criticises UK politicians expecting people to accept depression and anxiety as the ‘new normal’
Kathleen Duncan outlines different experiences of catatonia
Maddy Alexander-Grout shares her experience of ADHD and alcohol
Lyric Rivera has released ‘NeuroDivergent Rebel’s The Weight of Normal’
Lovette Jallow asks why people make promises they don’t keep
David Gray-Hammond shares his journey from addiction to thriving
Claire Ivy Waters asks if she can handle the seasons of her life
Neurodivergent-Affirming Practice
Janae Elisabeth is crowdfunding their Nervous System Study Guide workbook
Marion McLaughlin explains why they support a ban on behaviourism
John Watts writes an open letter to those using and promoting ABA
Jenni Guthrie has authored ‘Working with Autistic parents: Frontline Briefing’ for social workers
Sonny Hallett shares their keynote speech for the PCE Europe Symposium: ‘Be yourself. No, not like that.’
David Gray-Hammond and Jade Farrington discuss the relationship between mental health care and neuronormativity
Teo Byrne challenges the idea that classrooms, workplaces and services are neutral
Bridgette Hamstead has published ‘The Neurodiversity Justice Act’
Windy Brzezinska explains why trauma-informed isn’t the same as neurodiversity-informed
Rainbow Wise’s LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training for Professionals has been updated in response to the current UK situation
Kate Boot explains why neurodiversity-affirming speech and language therapy is impossible without recognising the experiences behind ‘communication difficulties’
Dr Talia Cohen shares seven things for therapists to know about chronic illness
Bridgette Hamstead outlines what could happen after the abolition of ABA
David Gray-Hammond summarises autism for healthcare professionals
Work and Employment
Steve Ollington explores why more people are disclosing that they’re ADHD in the workplace
Brett Whitmarsh shares tips for work annual reviews and neurodivergent-friendly ways to remember your year
Julia Métraux looks at the problem with Palantir’s new neurodivergent fellowship
Teo Byrne and Polly Hill discuss managing neurodivergent drivers
Kelly Tuttle looks at mental health days when recovering from a brain injury
Neurodivergent Health
Dr Linda Bluestein explores when “psychiatric” symptoms are actually indicators of physical health conditions
H Arlo-Harris shares how they confronted their own internalised ableism to start using a wheelchair
Janae Elisabeth explores reparenting with food and embodied eating experiences
Meredith Hutton looks at the role of self-compassion in long-term pain management
Janae Elisabeth shares their experience of temperature regulation and chronic illness
Julia Lee Barclay-Morton explores the revolutionary nature of crip time
Maxfield Sparrow looks at seeking an adult assessment for autism and/or ADHD in the USA
Nicole Igarashi on the ‘makeup rule’ used to judge chronically ill women
Research
Cole Denisen criticises universities for launching centres for neurodiversity that don’t situate themselves within the neurodiversity movement
Ann Memmott discusses research looking at ways that ABA teams use restraints
Dr Henny Kupferstein explores what counts as research in ABA
Alexandra Chambers discusses ‘sensory sensitivity’ and connective tissues in divergent groups
Researchers explore who self-identifies as Autistic and why
Dr Gemma Williams discusses Elliot Wassell’s research into Autistic joy
Anne Borden King looks at the autism ‘happy drug’
Dr Jaime Hoerricks responds to ASHA Journal’s critique of gestalt language processing
Kristen McClure looks at research into why so many adults stop taking ADHD medication in the first year
Nicole Igarashi explores whether the ‘flat affect’ associated with autism is actually a physiological scar
Dr Henny Kupferstein looks at how behaviourists respond to research showing ABA can cause PTSD
Use of Language and Pathologisation
Ann Memmott challenges the idea that Autistic people should be split into different groups
Sarah Parkin counters Lee Anderson’s claim that Citizens Advice advisers used to game the benefits system
Teo Byrne explores the shift from ‘handicapped’ to ‘disabled’
Sonny Jane Wise debunks the idea that neurodivergent people haven’t been intentionally targeted by society
Ann Memmott responds to Simon Baron-Cohen’s idea of dividing Autistic people into two types
David Perry explores the impact of the return of the r-word
Brook Madera explains why ODD is trash, and not just for PDAers
Marion McLaughlin looks at why autism is a disability, not a “diffability”
Teo Byrne on the harm caused by commenters casually describing autism as devastating
David Gray-Hammond is running a follow up Autistic Language Preference Survey to gather preferences of Autistic and non-Autistic people
Robert Chapman highlights the fascist echo in Labour’s ‘over-diagnosis’ inquiry
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