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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Standing together against ableism, racism, austerity and fascism, and building community power that looks after everyone.
Autistic Realms is grounded in values of authenticity, autonomy, and relational care for the human rights of Autistic or otherwise neurodivergent and disabled people. These guiding principles align…
When headlines claim that autism and ADHD are “invented labels,” it’s more than rhetoric, it’s erasure. A explores why removing neurodiversity from education would harm the very children inclusion is…
Discover what genuine neuro-affirming practice looks like — beyond tokenism and “neurodiversity-lite.” Explore how to protect the heart of the neurodiversity movement and uphold its community-led…
This post contains call details for the Here Together gatherings on 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, and 10/31. Please save the details to your calendar or bookmark this page for future reference.…
This post details a new offering for paid subscribers. The first section describes the context and background of my intention in offering it and the second section provides more details on what to…
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10 Principles of Neuro-Affirming Practice: Building Neurodivergent Competency Together
Explore the difference between true neurodiversity-affirming practice and “neurodiversity-lite,” and why justice, and lived experience matter.
Exploring why and how Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) can harm Autistic people. #Neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #PBS #DisabilityJustice
Quantumness tends to prosper in very cold systems that are carefully isolated rather than part of a tepid soup awash with other activity.” (Lewton, T. 2024) This may be a weird take, but … I think we…
In this episode I discuss the harm that being seen as “gifted” did me, and why intelligence as a concept does so much harm to Autistic people. This episode draws on the writing I did in my recent…
Hello—Writing from transition-land where old routines have fallen apart and new ones have yet to take hold. Hoping to find the rhythm that will allow me to reach out with more regularity, giving…
Sometimes things don’t work the way you think they should. Recently, I have found myself saying this to my children as they are learning, in shuffles and leaps, to navigate their newly created…
In this episode of Autistic Storytime, David explores his own thoughts on World Autism Day and the month of April. For access to the full episode, please consider purchasing a paid subscription. You…
Dear beautiful reader, I am thinking of you today with a full heart. Yes, you that I have known for decades, you who are reading my words for the first time, and all others in between. I do not take…
[Image description: Abstract watercolor painting by a child with swaths of blue, gray, brown, and green with some black marker scribbles along the left side.] “I am a person who gets overwhelmed by…
At various points this summer, I had been looking ahead to the fall. Having only one child at home rather than summer’s three, I imagined that I would be able to finally find time to move forward on…
My kids started back to school this month, two to the small independent early education school that our family joined last year and one homeschooling after having withdrawn from kindergarten in the…
Late on day two of our recent 9-day cross country adventure, I stood in a hotel lobby with the three kids as my husband was parking the car. I was waiting for the front desk attendant to finish her…
I believe that the DEEP (Double Empathy Extreme Problem) is at the heart of all the systemic ableist issues we have in our education, social and healthcare systems. The lack of an embodied presence…
David is joined by Katie Munday (they/them) to discuss their work into cancer service inequity. This episode contains detailed discussion of cancer experiences, so please be aware that it may be…
In this episode David and Rachel discuss the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and how it pertains to neurodivergent people. This is a useful episode for anyone with neurodivergent family members or are…
Following David being away for Health reasons, join us (David and Katie Munday) as we relaunch season 3 with a round-up of neurodiversity in 2023 and a look towards what 2024 may hold! Pre-order…
Join David, Charlie, Emma, and Owen to discuss the #ItsNotOkayToNotBeOkay campaign. This episode contains some difficult topics. Please get out there and share with this hashtag as much as possible!…