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Neurodiversity Works

@neurodiversity.works

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Advocating for #Neurodiversity friendly opportunities & employment neurodiversityworks.uk

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 09/07/2026

Available in the community here: www.skool.com/neurodiversi...

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Neurodiversity Works

Autism, ADHD or neurodivergent? Build an accessible career without burnout. Free course + neurodiversity coaching inside, built by a ND Tech DEI Lead

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 09/07/2026

Last call! How to Ask for Adjustments at Work is free inside the Neurodiversity Works community until 10pm BST tonight Even if you do not have time to watch the whole recording, you can download and keep the worksheet forever, so you can come back to it when you are ready to make an ask at work

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

Support cannot wait for the system to fix itself It can start now Full piece 👇 open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

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The "Overdiagnosis" Debate Is Missing the Point. Here's What Neurodivergent People Actually Need.

A response to the Fonagy-Wessely interim review, and what it should mean for how we support neurodivergent people into work

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

The good news: the infrastructure already exists Coaching, supported internships, peer support, Access to Work — these work, at smaller scale, RIGHT NOW We have the evidence. What is missing is the commitment to make support accessible to everyone who needs it

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

And yet the proposed response is to make financial support harder to access — before any of the alternatives Fonagy calls for are in place Cutting support without replacing it isn't reform - it's removal

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

This systemic failure impacts a huge swathe of society 23% of adults in England now meet criteria for a common mental health condition. 15–20% of people are neurodivergent And these groups have significant overlap

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

The gap between need and support is ever widening Professor Fonagy has called for earlier intervention, less dependent on diagnosis, delivered in workplaces and communities Not longer waiting lists or tighter PIP thresholds

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

The Fonagy interim report — the UK government's independent review into autism, ADHD and mental health — is clear: Distress is REAL, it's more impairing than ever, and the systems designed to respond aren't working That doesn't create a case for cutting support

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Neurodiversity Works @neurodiversity.works · 06/04/2026

The headlines have talked about "overdiagnosis" of neurodivergent and mental health conditions This is a distraction from the story the UK Gov's interm review actually tells Here's what the government's own report actually says — and what it means for neurodivergent people 🧵

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