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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 professionals was that I was incredibly intelligent, but failing to meet my full potential. People expected great things of me. I could not see how to get there. I did not even know…
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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 belonging within the Autistic cultural ecosystem. I am, however, plagued by a question that I am yet to find a satisfactory answer to: What does autism feel like?
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Welcome to NeuroHub Connect: 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 Conference recordings, NeuroHub Horizons courses and our podcasts.
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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, or training. This article presents an argument that the solution is to better support Autistic young people.
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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 generated by the human ecosystem, highlighting that to improve the wellbeing of Autistic people we must take an approach of ecological conservation to make the ecosystem sustainable and safe for all people.
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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 can be used by anyone who exists in and around the world of autism.
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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 strategies. The concept of lilipadding emphasizes small, manageable steps toward recovery, allowing individuals to navigate their journeys without shame. This practice promotes self-acceptance and healing within societal constraints.
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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 conversation to the next, from one state of being into another that feels jarringly alien. And yet, life itself is nothing but transitions. Every breath is a transition. Every thought, every heartbeat, every…
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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 neurodivergent community. One of the most common questions, however, has been- How do we fix it? This article aims to answer that question. This is a solution to Monotropic split.
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The cost of waiting: ADHD, early death and assessment rationing
Waiting lists are usually discussed as an inconvenience. New research suggests that for ADHDers, they are a question of risk. A meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open links ADHD to a 70% higher risk of early death from any cause. In England, meanwhile, a growing number of NHS areas are rationing ADHD assessment, some with…
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Ecosystemic Distress and the Limits of Criminal Defences
Since psychologically distressed states and criminality are so entwined in the literature, then when behaviour is criminalised, we arrive at a collision. The law wants to know what was in your head. The ecosystemic account says; look at what your head was in.
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