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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Yesterday’s article made one move; from asking what is wrong with this person? to asking what is this distress responding to? Today is about what the ecosystem is actually made of, and why distress…
For more than a century, the dominant Western approach to mental health has rested on a single assumption; that distress lives inside the person. If someone is struggling, something must be wrong…
Content note: this post discusses psychosis, hallucinations, delusions, psychiatric labelling and coercive psychiatric practice. I experience hallucinations, I experience what psychiatry would call…
What does neurodivergent spirituality mean? In this episode of The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations, hosts David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray explore neurodivergent spirituality, isolation and…
Content note: this essay discusses psychosis, psychiatric diagnosis, burnout, and the institutional treatment of Mad people. It does not describe self-harm or crisis in detail. Support links are at…
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…
Townes Van Zandt, Vincent van Gogh, Sylvia Plath and Kurt Cobain, read against the myth that made them: four records in which the work was not the symptom but the thing that was going well.
The world of academia and knowledge-production is renowned for it’s disinterest in lived experience. While it is true that anecdotes are almost impossible to generalise in the statistical sense, the…
Therapy either upholds neuronormativity and pathologises Autistic people, or challenges normative values and supports Autistic wellbeing through neuroaffirming resistance. That’s the premise of my…
There’s a question I’ve been asking for years, and I want to ask it here before I tell you anything about conference tickets or timings: Who taught you that your distress was your fault? Because…
It’s no secret to the neurodivergent community at large that performing a neurocognitive style that differs from the neuronormative standard of our given culture is a challenge that is often…
Autistic Mental Health Conference 2026: Ecosystemic Causes of Mental Health Issues
Mamood Ahmad is a tutor, speaker, and author of A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy. He founded the #TADF community, which works proactively with training organisations to support the…
A guided meditation (written and designed for neurodivergent bodyminds) built on the principles of the circles of control, inviting us to consider not only what are our problems to solve, but also…
Things are moving, even when they feel completely still. This meditation gently explores the truth that all experiences, painful and peaceful, are temporary, and that you don't have to wait to feel…
This article is a combination of, and expansion on, posts originally published on my Facebook page. We’re often told that CBT isn’t suitable for Autistic people. Is this true? CBT stands for…
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…
Sassy Smith is founder of Aphantasia Academy, a UK-based training and education platform specialising in invisible cognitive differences including aphantasia, severely deficient autobiographical…
What is community? Is it a tangible thing that we can reach out and hold, or is it a fundamentally philosophical endeavour that requires thought and exploration. This first episode of The Mycelial…
David Gray-Hammond explores his concept of the ecosystemic model of distress and how it explains mental health problems in Autistic people. David will be presenting on this topic with Tanya Adkin at…
There is a place many Autistic people end up that doesn’t exist on any official map. It’s not a clinic, or a service. It’s not even acknowledged as a system failure. Yet, it is one of the most…
Getting sober is often sold as a before-and-after photo. Before: chaos, pain, mess, regret. After: clarity, joy, healing, gratitude, sunrise yoga. That story is comforting but woefully incomplete.…
In this episode of Autistic Storytime With David I discuss my own experiences of therapy, and why a lot of it hasn't worked for me. I explore what would make therapy more accessible and useful to…
In this episode of Autistic Story Time With David I explore what the concept of “mental illness” means to me as a Schizophrenic and recovering addict. The full version of this podcast is available to…