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New written evidence to Parliament lets 36 autistic young people describe CAMHS in their own words. A companion to the parents' study — because whose voice we hear changes what we understand about the same system.
Three hundred parents describe what it's really like to seek CAMHS support for an autistic child — a system built to notice crisis, not prevent it. With reflections from inside a school, and from a parent who lived it.
A co-produced study asks not just how often neurodivergent students get upset at school, but what they do next — and why the quiet, unseen responses tell us more about their mental health than the visible ones.
Flow states are usually discussed as something autistic people struggle to access. The research tells a more interesting story. This post unpacks what we know about autistic flow, what it looks like in practice, and why it matters for wellbeing and identity.
Research shows we form lasting impressions of people in under a second. For neurodivergent children whose social presentation differs from the norm, the implications are significant — and largely invisible to the adults making those judgements.
Drawing on Fulton et al.'s research into sensory trauma, this post explores what happens when sensory overwhelm isn't just uncomfortable — it's traumatic — and what that means for how we support autistic people and the families around them.
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