Six Steps to Seven

Six Steps to Seven

Many neurodivergent children have a diagnosis of autism and “50% of parents of autistic young people reported their child had been unlawfully sent home from school or denied an education” in a 2019 survey. Many of our clients are out of education, and because of this,...
Autism and gender dysphoria

Autism and gender dysphoria

Gender identity is how people feel about and describe their gender. Everyone expresses their gender in different ways, for example through how we act and dress. Whilst certain individuals happily identify with the sex that they were assigned to at birth, others do...
Autism burnout

Autism burnout

By understanding the causes of autism burnout we can help people to recognise, prevent, treat and recover from this phenomenon. In 2019 The Academy Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) ran a study and much needed participatory research about...
Neurodiversity needs no cure

Neurodiversity needs no cure

– The strengths of the Autism – Autistic Spectrum Condition, also known as ASC, is a neurodiverse condition that affects the way that a person communicates. This is the same situation for people who suffer from Asperger’s syndrome.  A person with ASC...
Neurodiverse traits

Neurodiverse traits

People are naturally diverse learners The idea of neurodiversity encourages the view that brain differences are normal and conditions like Autism and ADHD aren’t ‘abnormal’.  By seeing neurodevelopmental conditions as simply variations of the human brain help us...
ADHD and ASD

ADHD and ASD

ADHD and Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are related in several ways Over recent years experts have changed how they think about the relationship between autism (ASD) and ADHD. Although ADHD is not on the autism spectrum, some of the same symptoms are evident and...