Archive - Raising Neurodivergence

'If you have children happily going to school, you are privileged'

Lily Hitchcock writes about her autistic daughter: the early masking, having her assessed, getting an EHCP, going to tribunal and trying different paths…

Mar 27 •

Lily - Unmasking Us

'Friendships were like this mysterious code he couldn't crack'

Alice Bramhill writes about her neurodivergent family’s journey from mainstream school to Steiner and onto homeschooling, and unschooling.

Mar 24 •

Rewilding Education

Claire Waters writes about autism, school trauma, the natural world and sensory processing, arguing that neurodivergent children can teach us to broaden…

Mar 19 •

Rewilding Neurodiversity

February 2025

What I've been reading about neurodivergence

Across Instagram, Substack and in books - that is accessible, neuroaffirming and has resonated or got me thinking.

Feb 27 •

December 2024

The former teachers who homeschool their neurodivergent kids

With an insight into how it works in mainstream state schools, some former teachers are opting to home-educate their neurodivergent children. Here's…

Dec 14, 2024 •

November 2024

Pierre Novellie: comedian and bestselling author

"The teenage years were a social nightmare and I hated a lot of school until I was sixteen and learned how to socialise or mask," says Pierre Novellie…

Nov 18, 2024 •

I want a society that doesn’t just pay lip service to the idea of neurodiversity

Julie M Green's teenage child is autistic. She is too. Here, Julie writes about how it has been for them navigating diagnoses, school and people's…

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

Andrea Anderson: writer, career coach and late discovered autist

'I found school excruciatingly difficult, there’s not one aspect I look back on with fondness,' writes Andrea Anderson, who discovered that she was…

Oct 16, 2024 •

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Andrea Anderson

We didn't know who to turn to

Emily Way-Evans writes about the heartbreaking moment when she discovered, through the ableist judgement of two fellow mums, that her child was…

Oct 12, 2024 •

Emily Way-Evans

We need to create a world that is designed for all neurotypes

Emily Quinton writes about raising four neurodivergent children who have needed different educational settings and a home-life that might look different…

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Dr Emma Svanberg: clinical psychologist and author

A fascinating insight into how it feels for a clinical psychologist to discover their own neurodivergence, many years into their career. Emma talks…

Sep 5, 2024 •

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August 2024

Jess Rad: Founder of The WomenHood

An interview with Jess Rad who was shortlisted in the 2024 National Diversity Awards as a positive role model for gender. Here, she talks about the…

Aug 19, 2024 •

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Jess from The WomenHood

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