Neurodiversity describes the natural variety in how human brains think, sense, feel, relate and learn. It includes autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, dyslexic, gifted and other neurotypes, and looks at how society, systems and environments respond to this diversity.
This Neurodiversity Learning Hub brings together explanations of the neurodiversity paradigm, research libraries, articles, organisations and practical tools.
Articles
General Neurodiversity
🌍 Signs of Neurodivergence in Adults and Children
Common indicators across everyday behaviour, sensory patterns, thinking styles and emotional rhythm.
Emotional and Internal Regulation
🧠 Emotional Regulation for Neurodivergents
How emotional intensity, slower recovery and sensory sensitivity shape regulation and what you can do to support your system.
🌧️ 25 Tips to Cope With Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria for Neurodivergent People
Tools to manage fear of rejection, emotional spikes and social worry.
🔥 40 Neurodivergent Burnout Recovery Tips
Recovery approaches grounded in sensory, cognitive, emotional and social pacing.
🌫️ Neurodivergent Overwhelm
Explains why overwhelm builds faster in ND adults and how cognitive load, sensory load and emotional load interact.
⚡ Neurodivergent Energy Crashes: Why Your Body and Brain Suddenly Drop
Breaks down predictable crash cycles, their biological drivers and the situations that trigger sudden shutdown.
Sensory Processing and Overload
🎧 Understanding Sensory Overload in Adults
How sensory load builds, why neurodivergent nervous systems get overwhelmed faster and how to recognise early signs.
🎬 Top 25 Movies That Accurately Portray Sensory Overload
Movies depicting overstimulation, sensory shutdowns and sensory confusion authentically.
Work and Daily Functioning
💼 Navigating Neurodivergent Challenges in the Workplace
How executive load, communication expectations and task switching affect neurodivergent adults at work.
Parenting as a Neurodivergent Adult
🍼 Practical Tips for Neurodivergent Parents
Concrete day to day strategies that reduce executive load and build predictable routines.
👨👧 Navigating Challenges as Neurodivergent Parents
Common parenting stress points, energy drains and approaches that help daily life feel more manageable.
Neurodivergent Strengths
🎨 Creativity and Neurodivergence: Exploring Unique Minds
Why divergent thinking styles lead to unique problem solving, creativity and pattern recognition.
Neurodivergent Relationships and Friendships
💛 Neurodiverse Friendships: Dealing With Shutdowns and Triggers
Why shutdowns happen, how to notice early signs and how to communicate limits safely.
🤝 Neurodivergent Love: Relationship Dynamics Across ADHD, Autism and AuDHD Pairings
Patterns in bonding, communication and connection across mixed neurotype pairings.
💬 Navigating Neurodivergent Neurotypical Relationships
Understanding different processing styles, emotional pace and communication differences.
📚 Neurodiversity Research Library
Scientific and conceptual work on the neurodiversity paradigm: origins, theory, minority stress, attitudes and workplace inclusion.
📖 Origins & History of the Neurodiversity Concept
Singer, J. (2017).
NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea
Book version of Singer’s 1998 thesis, tracing autistic online communities and introducing “neurodiversity” as a sociopolitical category rather than a medical defect.
den Houting, J. (2019).
Neurodiversity: An insider’s perspective
Explains the neurodiversity paradigm from an autistic point of view, contrasting it with purely medical or purely social models of disability.
Botha, M., Chapman, R., Giwa Onaiwu, M., Kapp, S. K., Stannard Ashley, A., & Walker, N. (2024).
The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory
Argues that neurodiversity theory emerged collectively from autistic online communities in the 1990s, documenting early uses of “neurological diversity” and “neurodiversity.”
Kapp, S. K., Gillespie‑Lynch, K., Sherman, L., & Hutman, T. (2013).
Deficit, difference, or both? Autism and neurodiversity
Shows that autistic people who know about neurodiversity are more likely to see autism as a valid identity while still acknowledging real support needs.
Milton, D. (2020).
Neurodiversity past and present – an introduction to the Neurodiversity Reader
Outlines how neurodiversity arose from disability rights, autistic self‑advocacy and critical disability studies, leading to “critical neurodiversity studies.”
🧭 Neurodiversity Paradigm & Approaches
Dwyer, P. (2022).
The Neurodiversity Approach(es): What Are They and What Do They Mean for Researchers?
Clarifies what the neurodiversity paradigm is, how it differs from other disability models, and what it means to design research in a neurodiversity‑aligned way.
Schuck, R. K., Choi, S., Baiden, K. M. P., Dwyer, P., & Uljarević, M. (2024).
The Neurodiversity Attitudes Questionnaire: Development and Initial Validation
Develops and validates a questionnaire to measure how professionals think about neurodiversity, showing links between attitudes and clinical practice.
Walker, N. (2014/2019).
Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms and Definitions
Defines core terms like neurodiversity, neurotypical, neurodivergent and the neurodiversity paradigm, widely used as a reference in research and advocacy.
Ne’eman, A. (2022).
Neurodiversity as politics
Frames neurodiversity as a political and civil‑rights movement, distinguishing between neurodiversity as a fact and as a normative stance about justice.
Chapman, R. (2021).
Neurodiversity and the Social Ecology of Mental Functions
Argues that mental functions should be understood in a social‑ecological context and that neurodivergence is part of human variation rather than individual defect.
Srinivasan, H. (2025).
Neurodiversity 2.0 – Harnessing cross‑disciplinary disability insights
Proposes “Neurodiversity 2.0,” integrating disability justice, crip theory and policy work to address tensions and exclusions in earlier neurodiversity discourse.
🌊 Minority Stress, Identity & Mental Health
Botha, M., & Frost, D. M. (2020).
Extending the Minority Stress Model to Understand Mental Health Problems Experienced by the Autistic Population
Extends the minority‑stress model to autistic people, showing how stigma, discrimination and internalised negativity contribute to anxiety, depression and suicidality.
Botha, M. (2022).
“Autism is me”: An investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma
Qualitative work showing many autistic people see autism as central to identity and prefer acceptance‑based models, while chronic stigma undermines wellbeing.
Rivera, R. A. (2023).
Applications of identity‑based theories to understand the experiences of autistic people and the neurodiversity movement: A call for neurodiversity‑affirming therapy
Outlines how social‑identity theories support neurodiversity‑affirming therapy that centres community, reduces shame and treats neurodivergence as a valued identity.
den Houting, J. (2019).
Neurodiversity: An insider’s perspective
Emphasises that neurodiversity does not deny impairment, but reframes many problems as arising from poor fit between neurodivergent people and non‑accommodating environments.
💼 Neurodiversity at Work & in Society
Doyle, N. (2020).
Neurodiversity at work: a biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults
Introduces a biopsychosocial model of “neurominorities” (autism, ADHD, dyslexia, DCD), describing spiky profiles of strengths and challenges and outlining practical workplace accommodations.
Neurodiversity at Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Resource Management (2025).
Neurodiversity at Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Resource Management
Systematic review of HR research on neurodiversity, summarising evidence on recruitment, disclosure, support and organisational culture.
Institute for Employment Studies (2023).
Neurodiversity, jobsearch and work – a review of the evidence
Evidence review showing low employment rates for neurodivergent people and identifying systemic barriers in job‑search, recruitment and workplace environments.
Doyle, N. (2020).
Neurodiversity at work: a biopsychosocial model and the impact on working adults
Also provides a clear, accessible definition of neurodiversity and introduces “neurominorities” as a neutral term for under‑represented neurotypes.
🌍 Broader Politics, Genealogy & Future Directions
Kapp, S. K. (Ed.). (2020).
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement
Edited collection mapping the history of autistic self‑advocacy and the neurodiversity movement, including intersections with race, gender and class.
den Houting, J. (2019).
Neurodiversity: An insider’s perspective
Frames neurodiversity as both a descriptive fact (brains differ) and a political stance that demands access, rights and social change.
Walters, T. (2025).
A Genealogy of Neurodiversity and Its Entangled Politics
Traces the political history of neurodiversity, examining how power, capitalism, eugenics fears and disability‑justice debates shape different versions of the concept.
Walker, N. (2021).
Toward a Neuroqueer Future: An Interview with Nick Walker
Discusses neuroqueer and neurodiversity‑based activism, linking neurodivergent liberation with queer theory and broader social‑justice movements.