The Library of Neurodivergent Alexandria
An open archive of neurodivergent voices: writing, talks, podcasts and stories, gathered by the NeuroHub community.
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Posts from neurodivergent writers and the blogs the Library follows.
Promoting Equity Through Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy was recorded for The PDA Space Summit 2025. I’m sharing it with my paid subscribers as I’m revisiting and going deeper on some of the themes…
Welcome to June’s Neurodiversity Newsletter Not only is June Pride Month, it’s also Autistic Pride Day on June 18th. In the webinars listings you’ll find events celebrating Autistic identity and…
Sassy Smith is founder of Aphantasia Academy, a UK-based training and education platform specialising in invisible cognitive differences including aphantasia, severely deficient autobiographical…
Penguin Pebbling is a low-demand, neurodiversity-affirming card game built around the Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions — five relational modes natural to many Autistic and neurodivergent people:…
Autistic people have always had our own ways of showing love. Discover the five Autistic love locutions — infodumping, parallel play, support swapping, penguin pebbling and deep pressure.
Penguin Pebbling: A Game of Creating Belonging, Building Connection and Understanding Autistic Identity
If you have spent any time navigating schools, social care, or therapy as an Autistic person or supporting a loved one, you have likely encountered attachment theory. You may have been blamed for…
Glimmers can be thought of as the opposite of triggers. Instead of heralding unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and traumatic memories, they bring joy. Deb Dana first used the term to describe…
What does regulation really mean for neurodivergent people? Helen Edgar reflects on Cavendish Space, co-regulation, and building cultures where our nervous systems can thrive.
: No space is neutral. Exploring minority stress, the Double Empathy Problem, and what it really takes to build safer, neuroqueer spaces together.
Anne Borden King is an autistic woman who co-founded Autistics for Autistics (A4A), the Canadian self-advocacy & education group. With her leadership, A4A helped open public funding for AAC, speech…
Mycelium and rhizome as metaphors for Autistic community, care, and neurodivergent becoming — moving beyond deficit toward interdependence and identity.
Helen Edgar draws on twenty years of practice alongside people with PMLD to explore why Intensive Interaction — when practised with genuine neuro-affirming care — is not just a communication…
What does Wuthering Heights look like through a neurodivergent lens? An Autistic personal reflection on monotropism, intensity, and love.
Neuro-affirming practice isn't a framework or a checklist. It's about being human — kind, compassionate, and truly present with people, just as they are.
My physical body is your physical body, and just as the sun and stars are present in you, they are also present in me. […] we are all made of stars. Vietnamese Buddhist monk: Thich Nhat Hanh I find…
What does quantum physics have to do with Autistic experience? More than you might think. On World Quantum Day, Helen Edgar explores superposition, holotropism, neuroholographic cognition and what it…
“What would a neuroqueer pedagogy be?” By Ombre Tarragnat (English translation with permission from Genre en Cours article Feb 2026)
Intensive Interaction isn’t about “fixing” or prompting communication. It’s about meeting someone where they are—through connection, attunement, and shared flow. A neuro-affirming, relational framing…
Sentia’s new functional cider arrives in packaging that feels, perhaps intentionally, more function than fashion. That’s not necessarily a drawback. Its clean, almost lab-produced aesthetic lends a…
The TRIP Mindful Blend comes in a softly coloured lilac can that immediately catches the eye. I was drawn to it by the promise of raspberry and orange blossom flavour, which sounded light and…
There’s a persistent myth sloshing around our culture that alcohol is the social lubricant holding civilisation together. Remove the booze, the story goes, and conversation dries up, laughter…
Neuroqueer philosophy, Rothko, monotropism and Deleuze: a reflection on synaesthetic perception, plateaus of attention and embodied ways of knowing.
Neuroqueering Deleuze: Rhizomes of Becoming is a collaborative philosophy project exploring the ideas of Deleuze and Guattari through neurodivergent lived experience. Blending neuroqueer theory,…