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Talking About It: Mental Health Buffering

October 10, 2024

October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and October 10th is World Mental Health Day. In NSW, the theme for this year’s event is “Let’s Talk About It”. Neurodivergent people are more likely to experience mental health conditions including mood disorders and anxiety. There is no clear evidence as to how much of this is biological or genetic, and how much is resultant of the difficulties of living as a neurodivergent person in a neuronormative society.[…]

The Magic of Speechies: Speech Pathology Week 2024

August 29, 2024

It is Speech Pathology Week 2024. This year’s theme is “Communicate Your Way”. Speech Language Pathologists / Speech Language Therapists, really don’t get the recognition they deserve for how much they contribute to the wellbeing of our society, particularly when it comes to neurodivergent children. Despite the name, they do so much more than help people with speech. What Do They Do? Speech Language Pathologists / Therapists (SLPs, or “speechies”) assist a wide range of[…]

Therapies: What and How Far?

June 27, 2023

Because neurodivergencies are generally based on a deficit model, the focus of many medical professionals is to “fix” what they think they can. What this means is that a diagnosis focuses on what a person can’t do – in comparison to an average neurotypical person – rather than on their strengths. It also rarely takes into account that many neurotypical people aren’t strong across all areas of their lives either, but aren’t forced into therapies[…]