Correspondence publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

Fantastic conversation with @Caro Giles - although I do appear to have quite strange hair.

How is the language of neurodiversity changing the way we understand difference?

Preamble: the “debate” is toxic.Sex is not binary.Gender is (at least partly) a social construct, but that doesn’t mean it’s not real.This is not a dispute between scientist…

Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories, says author Gina Rippon

Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...

Will records be broken this year?

I have a piece in the new London Review of Books on Britain’s Neets crisis, a topic that has received a lot of political attention in recent weeks, with Andy Burnham’s announcements about technical an...

PDF | This is an unsubmitted “pre-dissertation” chapter from my PhD I decided instead to adapt for my (much broader) dissertation, and update and adapt... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

Emotionally based school avoidance rarely has a single cause, and the pace of a response can matter as much as its content.

A former headteacher dismantles Nigel Farage’s plan to scrap the Equality Act and bring culture wars into the classroom.

In ‘The Anxious Generation’, Haidt makes the case that social media and smartphones have ‘rewired’ today’s teenagers, but his critics say the evidence tells us something very different - and that bann...