neurodiversity
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The CAMHS Reports 2024 On The Matter of Access
Is CAMHS Accessible? What do the people who have tried to access it have to say? All of this and more is…
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Autism: What CAMHS Really Say
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) fails autistic kids. Their focus on deficits, not strengths, and support of harmful therapies shows…
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It’s World Autism Day: CAMHS are still failing our children
World Autism Day is an opportunity for CAMHS to support the autistic community, but their efforts seem performative. Their lack of post-diagnostic…
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Destinations and maps: A reimagining of neurofuturism
This short essay explores neurofuturism within the context of the neurodiversity movement. It offers a definition for what neurofuturism means in this…
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Late-diagnosis of autism is creating a mental health crisis
Late-diagnosis of autism may be driving a mental health crisis that could cost lives. Is it possible to mitigate this effect?
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CAMHS Fails Autistic Children, and the NHS ignores it
Every day, it seems, brings new heartbreaking stories of autistic children failed by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). It’s no…
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CAMHS: Burnout, School Avoidance, and gaslighting
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have been a focus of mine for quite some time now. I have talked about…
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Dynamic Support Register: CAMHS cop out or actually helpful?
The Dynamic Support Register (DSR) aims to reduce inpatient admissions for Autistic and Learning Disabled individuals through risk identification and coordinated support.…
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CAMHS are responsible for suicidal Autistic adults
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) focus on improving the mental health of children and young people but often fail to…
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Autistic Parenting: Parenting through burnout
Adulting is hard enough, parenting is hard enough. Together they come with a number of considerations for how we can be effective…