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Welcome to NeuroHub Community: Autistic-Led Autism Support, Community and Training
Autistic-led autism support in one place: a free neurodivergent community, one-to-one peer mentoring, autism training and consultancy for professionals, Autistic Mental Health…
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Autism & How To Solve The NEET Problem
In recent dates the news in the united kingdom has been discussing how 25% of young people are not in education, employment,…
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The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations Ep. 4 | Neurodivergent spirituality, Isolation, And Belonging
What does neurodivergent spirituality mean? David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray explore spirituality, isolation and Autistic belonging.
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Matter and Anti-Matter: Being Multiply Neurodivergent in Addiction and in Recovery
I spent the first eighteen years of my life feeling like a broken neurotypical.The most common thing I heard from teachers and…
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What Does Autism Feel Like?
I am Autistic. I know this, not only because I was diagnosed after extensive assessment, but also because of my feeling of…
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Understanding Autism: The Ecosystemic Model Of Distress
Building on Luke Beardon’s golden equation of ‘autism + environment = outcome’ this article proposes that distress and mental health problems are…
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Supporting Autistic People: A Six-Point Framework
DGH Neurodivegent Consultancy uses a six point framework to support Autistic people. This article explains the basic principles behind this framework that…
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Lilipadding Through Autistic Burnout: A Practical Guide to Rehabilitation
Autistic burnout is a profound exhaustion stemming from unmet societal expectations. It manifests as brain fog, physical depletion, and loss of coping…
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Living Between Lilipads: A Philosophy For Neurodivergent Thriving (Part 1)
For Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people, life often feels like an endless demand to leap; from one task to another, from one…
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Lilipadding for Autistic People: Reducing Transitional Trauma for Monotropic Minds
Monotropism, and the subsequent work of Tanya Adkin in conceptualising Monotropic split, has been an incredibly meaningful set of ideas for the…
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NeuroHub Community At The ISPS International Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland
A week ago today myself and my fellow NeuroHub director Jonathan Towse were on a plan to Switzerland. This was being done…
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Ways I Should Have Seen My Addiction But Didn’t
When we think about Autistic and/or ADHD people trapped in cycles of addiction, we rarely consider the real experiences that come with…
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Not a Psychopath (Part 1): How Autism, Alexithymia and Trauma Get Misread
Autism, alexithymia, trauma and impulsivity can look like psychopathy from the outside. Here is why that misreading harms Autistic people, and why…
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The Mycelial Mind: Neurokin Connections Ep. 3 | Is Neuroaffirming Enough?
“Neuroaffirming” has become one of the most-used words in disability and mental health spaces; but what does it actually mean, and is…
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What Is Epistemic Injustice in Autism? Why Lived Experience Must Lead the Conversation on Autistic Mental Health
Why We Hold the Autistic Mental Health Conference; Lived Experience, Professional Knowledge, and the Fight Against Epistemic Injustice
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Embracing Our Autistic Selves: Knowing The Autistic Bodymind
The following is drawn from Session 4 of the Embracing Our Autistic Selves course, on the autistic bodymind, sensory knowledge, interoception, and…
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Autistic Pride Month At NeuroHub Community!
For those of you who do not follow our substack newsletter, here is our update for June (Autistic Pride Month) on what…
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The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations | Becoming Connected
Join David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray to discuss everything from the things going on at NeuroHub Community to how neurodivergent communities connect…
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Emotional Flatness In Autism: Self-Preservation Through Disassociation
A common accusation that Autistic people face is one of emotional flatness, or having a flat affect. In more colloquial terms, Autistic…
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