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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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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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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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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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New Meta-Analysis Supports Autism-Psychosis Overlap
A new meta-analyses has found a significant overlap between autism and psychosis. What does this research mean and what further work is…
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A History Of Autism
An exploration of autism’s history from it’s earliest framings through to our contemporary struggle for Autistic liberation.
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January At DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy
Everything you need to know about January at DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy.
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Understanding Autism: Am I Autistic?
An article considering how to answer a common question “am I Autistic?” from the lens of an Autistic adult.
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Understanding Autism: What Is The Autism Spectrum?
This installment of Understanding Autism explores the question of “what is the autism spectrum?” and how autistic needs are part of a…
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Understanding Autism: Meltdowns & Shutdowns
Autistic meltdowns and shutdowns are widely misunderstood, so what is a better way of understanding them? This article considers what they are…
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Understanding Autism: Sensory Processing & Experience
when considering Autistic experience, the sensory world of Autistic people. This article considers the sensory environment as it relates to autism and…
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Understanding Autism: Autistic Burnout
In this edition of “Understanding Autism”, we explore the question of “What is Autistic burnout?” and consider the nature of being Autistic…
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Understanding Autism: Spoon Theory And Energy Accounting
This installment of understanding autism considers the dynamic nature of Autistic energy accounting anfld how we have to move beyond the simplicity…
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Understanding Autism: Masking
Masking is often described as something Autistic people “do”. A behaviour. A strategy. A skill that can be learned, refined, and sometimes,…
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Understanding Autism: The Double Empathy Problem
This second installment of Understanding Autism focuses on the double empathy problem and hpw differences in cultural experience create communication breakdown.
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