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Social Work & Neurodiversity Affirming Practice

Many of the core values of Social Work align closely with Neurodiversity Affirming Practice. This is not to say that all social workers will be intrinsically neurodiversity affirming, but it is often less of a shift for a social worker to transition to neurodiversity affirming practice than other disciplines that often place a great emphasis on the medical model of disability. A clear example of this is one of the […]

Neurodiversity Affirming Resources

When looking for neurodiversity affirming resources it is important to prioritise resources from people with lived experience rather than those studying neurodivergence from the outside. That is why many of the following resources are created by people combining their talents and interests with their experience of being neurodivergent and supporting neurodivergent loved ones. Other resources have been developed using recent understandings of neuroscience that supports neurodiversity affirming practice. I do […]