Divergent Minds

24/05/2026

"Neurotypical Translations".. 😂 MyFavouriteJo 💛

23/05/2026

**Trigger Warning** Distressing historical video of ABA.
ABA-ers claim that their practices have changed, but we know that in reality ABA’s behavioural principles are always the same, no matter how dressed up they are presented 😞

22/05/2026

We sooo need alternatives to those dreaded “social skills”, aka “traumatising us ND folks” 😬 AUsome Training

Looking for an alternative to social skills training?

Get Konnected is an Autistic-led, neurodiversity-affirming training for professionals supporting Autistic children and teens.

Using the 6S Model, it helps you understand what shapes interaction — so you can support communication, connection and belonging more effectively.

Find out more https://ausometraining.com/get-konnected-neurodiversity-training/

22/05/2026

So good 👇Jessie Ginsburg, Sensory SLP

22/05/2026

Love these .. 💛 Neurodivergent_lou

22/05/2026

Sharing Helen Autistic Realms work via Thinking Person's Guide to Autism.. consideration of ‘attachment theory’ 💛

20/05/2026

The dreaded ADOS-2 😞 Sharing via Helen Autistic Realms; Mary Doherty and team's correspondence on the ADOS-2 rapport item B-13 is out today in The Lancet Psychiatry.
The ADOS-2 is the most widely used autism diagnostic tool in the world. Item B-13 scores "rapport" during the assessment - but what counts as good rapport is defined through a non-Autistic lens. What happens when the examiner is Autistic? They argue this item needs urgent scrutiny. With co-authors Catherine Dakin Damian Milton Seb Shaw and Hannah Morton

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) is widely regarded as the gold standard observational tool for autism assessment. Its development, validation, and normative data rest on a foundational assumption that has never been stated explicitly: that examiners are not autist...

19/05/2026

For anyone interested in learning more about hyper mobility Laura Hellfeld Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting and Tania Adkin 💛

Tonight at 7 PM, we will be live on Facebook with Tanya Adkin and Laura Hellfeld discussing Hypermobility.

Can't join us live? We will upload the recording to our YouTube channel and website in the coming days.