ADHD isn’t just about experiencing fidgeting, distractibility, forgetfulness or restlessness; it’s also about the hidden work adults do to hide those symptoms in their everyday lives.
Articles on Neurodivergence
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Creating structures and routines in the classroom means providing children with predictability about what is expected, when it is expected and how.
Not even experts can agree on what the term means.
95% of autistic children suffer from sensory dysfunction. This can affect their ability to respond to temperature changes.
Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.
Long before autism or ADHD were diagnoses, people were navigating lives outside social norms.
A growing term for a familiar feeling: how ‘waiting mode’ captures the difficulty of time and anticipation.
Homelessness among neurodivergent people isn’t just about housing, it reflects repeated failures across support systems.
Many focus apps fail to consider neurodivergent strengths, such as the ability to hyperfocus.
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
NeeDoh is the latest squishable toy to go viral. But not all sensory objects are toys. Here’s the difference and why it matters.
People with AuDHD often find their traits and experiences don’t neatly fit into either category – and they can find themselves pulled in different directions.
Why the prevalence of neurodivergent protagonists in police procedurals? And what are viewers gaining by watching stories predicated on this form of difference?
Effective support revolves around addressing the origins of this behaviour
The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – and it’s time to move on.
Re-reading Jane Eyre after my diagnoses of autism and ADHD, her journey resembles the struggles of autistic women who learn to mask. I’m not the first one to see it.
It can be exhausting for autistic people to live in a world designed for neurotypical people.
The book Someone Like Me offers deeply human insights into what it means to live in a neurotypical world as a neurodivergent person.
New research looks at how preschools can be better designed to support neurodivergent children.
Despite the way they’re portrayed online, ADHD drugs are not ‘benign’ study aids.
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Assistant Researcher in Public Health, Swansea University
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Nicole Rinehart, Professor, Clinical Psychology, Director of the Neurodevelopment Program, School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University
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Teaching Fellow, School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences, University of Portsmouth; University of Sussex
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, Western Sydney University
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Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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PhD Candidate in Access to Healthcare for Autistic Adults, Cardiff University
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Professor of Autism and Intellectual Disability, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Southern Cross University