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An open archive of neurodivergent voices: writing, talks, podcasts and stories, gathered by the NeuroHub community.
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What changes in SEND, benefits, work schemes and the law really mean for neurodivergent people and families in the UK.
Hertfordshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved four SEND units in mainstream schools and a special school satellite, adding up to 128 places so more children can learn close to home. (AI-written…
Lucy Powell told MPs the SEND reform bill, the consultation response and new national inclusion standards will come ‘very early in the new year’. For families in England, the wait for answers goes…
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found City of York Council at fault for not making sure classroom staff were trained in Makaton, as a non-verbal Autistic boy’s Education, Health and…
A benefits advice website has gathered evidence of the extra costs Autistic people and people with ADHD, anxiety or depression face, from travel and food to sensory needs, ahead of two government…
Answering an MP’s question, the DWP listed Disability Confident, Access to Work, Keep Britain Working and an employer advice service. It did not say how well they work for neurodivergent people.…
The National Autistic Society in Wales has published a guide for Members of the Senedd and councillors on communicating with Autistic constituents, making surgeries accessible and challenging…
A WorkBC roundtable in British Columbia brought employers and neurodivergent employees together. Their advice was practical: be flexible in interviews, plan for sensory needs, and communicate…
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This event is completely free (or you can donate). You don’t need a ticket fee, a membership or a subscription. Register on Humanitix and we’ll send you everything you need to join. What if you could…
*A large number of neurodivergent folks are living with dynamic disabilities - diagnosed or not so while this does not speak to the overlap, it truly is about what so many neurocomplex folks are…
Octavia Butler's hyperempathy, which Sami Schalk reads as a disability with no real-world equivalent, and the Autistic people who have been describing it under the same name for years.
Monotropa uniflora, the ghost pipe: a plant with no chlorophyll that feeds off fungi, the flower Emily Dickinson called the preferred flower of life, and the Greek root it shares with monotropism.
Virginia Woolf's On Being Ill, mounted as she left it in 1930. Illness missing from literature, a language that runs dry, and the sentence she revised into something stranger.
If you are Autistic, waiting for an assessment, or supporting an Autistic child, you have probably seen the headlines. People “incentivised” to get diagnoses, an overdiagnosis crisis, a government…
Welcome to July’s Neurodiversity Newsletter July is Disability Pride Month. It exists not because people have to be proud of their disabilities (though there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that),…
We have a tankless water heater in our attic. It produces condensation, and a CPVC pipe carries that condensation out of the house. The pipe had to turn at one point, and there was a brass coupling…
There’s a particular kind of irony to living with a body that can partially dislocate while the world still expects you to hold everything together. It’s Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Awareness…
Welcoming 2026 with warmth, grief, and joy and sending so much love to each of you! Read more
In this episode David explores the world of work and what keeps it from being accessible to Autistic people. To listen to the full episode, please do purchase a paid subscription, and remember to…
Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent & Disabled Wheel of Life: Reclaiming Flow on Our Own Terms Workbook available for instant download.