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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
This guided meditation takes us on a journey to show compassion to ourselves, but the other people in our lives, including those who may be difficult, and the people we may never know or meet.David…
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…
This guided visualisation will take you on a journey down a calm river. David Gray-Hammond, MCMA, adapts mindfulness to the needs of neurodivergent people, he has a decade of experience working with…
Re-Storying Autism: A Framework for Families, Parents and Carers Reimagining Support For Autistic People Neurodiversity Affirming Neurodivergent Competent
A neuro-affirming, relational approach to supporting children with profound and multiple learning disabilities, centred on safety, communication, and being-with.
Free 2025 Advent Calendar & Neuro-Affirming Autism Resources
When “presume competence” is applied without a neuro-affirming lens, it can become a harmful, ableist expectation
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…
Many approaches claim to be “interest-led,” but true neuroaffirming practice goes deeper. Being monotropism-informed means honouring Autistic attention, autonomy, and sensory safety; not using…
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…
SPACE-TIME: A Monotropism-Informed Neuroaffirming Framework for Autistic People
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.
Autistic mental health is often framed through a narrow, deficit-based lens — one that focuses on pathology, risk, and what’s “wrong.” But this view leaves out the richness of autistic lives, the…
By Helen Edgar, Autistic Realms At the heart of everything I do is a belief that lived experience and Autistic lives matter. What if support for Autistic children began with listening to Autistic…
Journey from Autistic Realms into More Realms—where neuro-affirming support meets creative, sensory, and neuroqueer explorations of other ways of being.