ADHD is the most diagnosed childhood neurological disorder, but there have been inconsistencies around who is diagnosed and prescribed medication. New prescribing guidelines aim to change this.
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More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around a third of these people are also neurodivergent.
The best way to learn about neurodivergence is by listening to neurodivergent people themselves.
Mental health support is crucial for incel communities, however, associating incel violence with mental health and neurodivergence risks stigmatizing people with autism.
Children can have big emotions and sometimes struggle to process them. Here’s what it means for a child to be ‘dysregulated’.
Understanding and supporting employees with dyslexia is crucial not only for the individual success of employees, but for workplaces to be more effective.
Rather than trying to ‘fix’ or change neurodivergent people, neuroaffirming care aims to empower and support unique needs and strengths.
Some people describe themselves as having Asperger’s disorder, while others call themselves autistic. But is there a difference?
Autistic people are not only more likely to feel lonely but are also more likely to experience it more acutely than non-autistic people according to new research.
A limited number of specialists are able to diagnose and treat ADHD, making it difficult to even start the process of getting diagnosed. Should GPs play a greater role?
Autism health passports are a tool designed to help autistic people access healthcare more easily.
Agatha Christie never explicitly said so, but many of her Belgian detective’s character traits could be interpreted as being autistic.
A review of government services has found that autistic people are being failed in health, education, employment, poverty and housing.
After an outcry on social media over its requirement that writers provide a medical diagnosis, Black Inc. has put on hold a planned anthology: Growing up Neurodivergent in Australia.
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Assistant researcher in Public Health, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology, Bond University
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Visiting Senior Fellow in English and Creative Writing, University of Suffolk
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Professor of Autism and Intellectual Disability, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Southern Cross University
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Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University
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