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Every article, newest first. 13 in all.
- Families
Hertfordshire approves up to 128 new specialist SEND places, most in mainstream schools
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.
- IdentityFrom NeuroHub
The Mycelial Mind: neurodivergent spirituality, isolation and belonging
In episode 4 of The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations, David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray talk about what spirituality can mean for neurodivergent people, and why Autistic isolation isn’t the same as being unsociable.
- Identity
NAS Cymru publishes a guide to help Welsh politicians understand and represent Autistic 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 misinformation about autism.
- IdentityFrom NeuroHub
Autistic burnout as a crisis of connection, not a flat battery
In The Wider Existence, David Gray-Hammond argues that Autistic burnout is better understood as disconnection than depletion, and that left unrecognised it can become a route into psychiatric crisis.
- Families
Ombudsman: York council failed to give a non-verbal Autistic boy the communication support in his EHC Plan
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 Care Plan required.
- Identity
Who gets an autism diagnosis as an adult has changed a lot since 2010, UK and Swedish study finds
A large study in BMJ Mental Health finds far more people aged 16 and over are being diagnosed as Autistic than in 2010, especially young people and females. The researchers say their data can’t explain why.
- Policy
Autistic and ADHD readers set out the real extra costs of their lives, as PIP reviews near
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 reviews due this month.
- Work
DWP names four schemes it says support neurodivergent workers
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.
- Families
SEND reforms pushed back to ‘very early in the new year’, Education Secretary tells MPs
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 on.
- IdentityFrom NeuroHub
From NeuroHub: ‘What does autism feel like?’ An Autistic answer
In an essay on the NeuroHub Connect blog, David Gray-Hammond asks whether he can feel Autistic at all, and concludes that being Autistic feels like being himself.
- IdentityFrom NeuroHub
From NeuroHub: The Wider Existence Podcast launches, asking what’s wrong with the world, not the person
A new podcast from David Gray-Hammond and Helen Edgar sets out a ten-episode first season on distress, joy, burnout and the connected mind, looked at through an ecological lens.
- Work
Employers and neurodivergent workers in Revelstoke talk about what actually helps at work
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 directly.