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...
Removing the stigma against Autism

Removing the stigma against Autism

Neurodiversity removing the stigma against Autism Numerous autistic individuals have embraced the neurodiversity system. The word neurotypical portrays the more significant part of the brain, whereas autism is an explanation for the presence of variety in the...
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...