I'd be interested to know how people who do not have a neurodivergent condition view the term neurotypical. Who wants to be described as "typical"?

Yes, it's shocking, and it's part of a wider pattern of avoidable deaths.

too, and this helps share the same space.

If we accept that 40% of people are neurodivergent (and I don't), it doesn't carry much meaning. All my classes have managed silent working for the last few years. We have a lesson near the beginning of the year called something like "everyone's different" in which I stress that we're similar /1

don't live in that one (yet 🙏), so I'm not yet ready to relinquish the diagnostic categories. Anyway, this was a thoughtful piece that I will return to and I'll no doubt follow up the links.

understanding of autism and MH. Parents coalescing around this diagnosis were able to organise to put pressure on the LA to provide services with some success. Sure, there's a world in which my kid's needs get met such that he doesn't meet the threshold for a severe anxiety disorder, but we /3

its own on social media, but we found it helpful. Firstly, it helped us connect with a community who had similar experiences and, therefore, knowledge that supported navigation of local services. It also helped identify useful professionals and sources of information related to current /2

This is interesting. However, as a parent, prior to my child's autism diagnosis, relying on the skills of school-based practitioners to see him as a human being and respond accordingly was a complete disaster. I know that diagnoses are problematic, especially as the DSM has taken on a life of /1

I trained, we were told we must be lifelong learners. It took me a while to understand what that meant.

I have got better at teaching, even when the wider context has been weak. I read quite a bit and am always looking for ways to improve regardless of what's happening in other classrooms. It's tempting to think that after 20 something years there's nothing left to learn, but that's not true. When /1

challenge, which seems to be beyond the ability of all those I have seen interview him across various media (including here).

My kid has a diagnosis of autism and a severe anxiety disorder. Contrary to his point, both diagnoses have been helpful and, while I appreciate it isn't for everyone, so has medication. Articles like this risk marginalising and isolating us further. These are controversial views which require /1