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This is the home of NeuroHub’s growing library of resources. Here you will find articles, videos, books, and learning materials exploring neurodiversity from a lived-experience perspective.
Many resources are freely available, while others are offered as paid materials or at a discounted rate for members of the NeuroHub community. If you would like to access additional benefits and help support the work of NeuroHub, you can become a community member here.
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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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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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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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The “Overdiagnosis” Review: What It Actually Means for Autistic People and Their Families
The UK’s overdiagnosis review explained: what it actually found, and what it could mean for your autism assessment, PIP claim, EHCP and workplace adjustments
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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 it enough? In this episode, host David Gray-Hammond is joined by Adele Murray, with NeuroHub community member Holly dropping in throughout, to dig into the substance behind the buzzword.
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Welcome to NeuroHub Community
There are a lot of organisations that claim to support neurodivergent people. There are far fewer that are actually built by us, for us; grounded in our own lived experience, our own understanding of what it means to navigate a world that was never designed with us in mind. NeuroHub Community is different. We were…
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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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Fighting the void: What is autistic burnout?
In the online autistic community, it is not uncommon to hear about something called “burnout”. This phenomenon is, sadly, quite common, and probably a result of trying to exist in a world that for so many of us is quite frankly hostile. But what is burnout? What follows is an account of my most recent…
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“I am no longer that person”: An autistic addicts journey to self-forgiveness
Many people praise me for my kindness, and ability to engage in open and honest communication in the name of helping people. These days i do my best to be good at these things, but there was once a time when I was not a good person. Let me be completely honest with you. I…
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Autism and disability: Reframing our view
Recently i have seen a lot of articles and posts on social media distancing the autistic neurotype from the word disability. For the most part i understand where this is coming from, the word disability has been associated with poor life outcomes, and associated with being somewhat of a burden on society and thus something…
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What is MMS and why has it been in the news?
If you’ve been on social media recently you may have noticed stories appearing about people feeding their children bleach in a misguided attempt to “cure” their autism. Specifically the articles refer to a protocol called MMS. MMS is an acronym for Miracle Mineral Solution. First promoted by ex-scientologist Jim Humble in his book ‘The miracle…
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Professional language surrounding autism
I have spent a lot of time reading about the link between autism and addiction (some may call it a special interest typical of someone on the spectrum), and one thing I’ve noticed is that the language used by professionals, especially scientists, is particularly problematic when it comes to autism. The language used often describes…
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