It is becoming increasingly clear that neurodivergent people are more likely to have a wide range of physical health problems, compared to neurotypical people. These are often chronic, complex, interacting and multisystemic conditions, including hypermobility, fatigue, pain, and circulatory and digestive problems. It is also harder for neurodivergent people to access appropriate and supportive healthcare, with obstacles including the “triple empathy problem”, sensory sensitivities, and communication barriers, and self-care can also be hard for people who have difficulties making or changing routines, maintaining a healthy diet, and so on. This session will give an overview of the main issues in this area, and some practical suggestions and resources for neurodivergent people to manage and maintain their health and access healthcare as needed.

Neurodiversity and Trauma, 2025 online conference, May 22 and 23 2025. Scan QR code to register.

Until very recently, the diagnostic criteria made it impossible for one person to be diagnosed with both autism and ADHD, but we now know that it's extremely common for them to co-occur. Sometimes the experiences associated with autism and ADHD seem to conspire together and each one amplifies the impact of the other. Sometimes they balance each other out, in ways which can be helpful but can also lead to a "rollercoaster" experience of everyday life. In some ways, they combine to create a unique third thing, AuDHD, which is not exactly like either autism or ADHD…

Many neurodivergent people struggle with procrastination and inertia, and can get stuck in a cycle of forgetting, avoidance, overwhelm, and a build-up of un-done tasks and their consequences, resulting in worse mood and even more procrastination. This workshop will offer tools for understanding inertia and the different forms of procrastination, the specific obstacles to different tasks for different people, and practical techniques for becoming unstuck.

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Mindfulness practices can have huge benefits: managing strong emotions, coping with physical pain, increasing focus, becoming more attuned to our bodies, being more present with positive experiences and more. But it also has some risks associated with it, and the ways in which it is usually taught are not often a good fit with neurodivergent brains and bodies. This workshop will…

All day conference on Living & Working with Neurodivergence, featuring...

Neurodivergent people appear to be more likely to experience attachment trauma in their earliest relationships, as well as being more vulnerable to interpersonal trauma in many forms, from bullying to sexual assaults to intimate partner violence. This session will look at the...