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"Neurodivergence is currently underrepresented among staff in higher education. Acknowledging such underrepresentation, this narrative review critically explores the experiences of neurodivergent academics as reported within the scholarly literature."
"#AttentionUK is a campaign about one of the few mental health conditions that doesn鈥檛 appear to be becoming less stigmatised in the UK. That disorder is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, better known as ADHD."
Advice and Guidance regarding a proactive approach to neurodiversity in higher education.
"Female and Black populations in the United States are diagnosed later, are more likely to have an intellectual disability, and are excluded from research as well as services designed for autistic individuals. Autistic Black girls are effectively invisible in the current scientific literature. Intersectional theory, which looks at a person as a whole, examines models that are inclusive toward diverse gender, ability, and racial/ethnic backgrounds."
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"Insight into the life of a Neurodiverse Black girl from the Midlands, as she embarks on her journey through the UK school system. This book unveils and highlights the unique experiences of neurodiverse people of colour and the many challenges they face. In this book, 24-year-old, British-Nigerian, Oluseyitan Ojedokun gives an account of her struggles through school. She shares the many dreams and goals she had, despite the feeling of constant dismay."
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"Some autistic people employ strategies and behaviours to cope with the everyday social world, thereby 'camouflaging' their autistic differences and difficulties. This review aimed to systematically appraise and synthesise the current evidence base pertaining to autistic camouflaging."
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"This report, the final report of the Disabled Students鈥� Commission (DSC), which was established for a three-year period by the Universities Minister in 2020, looks at the key achievements of the Commission over the 2022-23 academic year."
"We provide:
- 1-1 counselling and coaching support to address the emotional repercussions of these issues, either face to face at our North London base, or by Skype.
- Supervision and trainings for professionals working with dyslexia.
- Keynote speeches and lectures.
- The GroOops Dyslexia Aware Emotional Wellbeing and Counselling Network."
"Developmental dyslexia is a specific difficulty with learning to read, spell or write (or any combination of these) in someone whose oral and non-verbal intelligence is at least average, health is normal and receives adequate teaching. It is usually due to inherited differences in the parts of the brain which process vision and language."
"The mission of the Dyslexia Research Trust (DRT) is to help people with reading difficulties, especially young children, to achieve their full potential in life".
"Screening tests are used to give an indication of an individual鈥檚 strengths and weaknesses and can help identify the likelihood of them having a specific learning difficulty (SpLD) such as dyslexia. Screening does not provide a diagnosis (for which a full diagnostic assessment would be required) but can be an accessible way of determining that a child or adult may need additional support."
" This thesis is focused upon and examines the experiences of students with dyslexia in
higher education." - Konstantina Michail"Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, is a common disorder affecting fine and/or gross motor coordination in children and adults."
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"Compared to cisgender individuals, transgender and gender-diverse individuals have, on average, higher rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses. For both autistic and non-autistic individuals, transgender and gender-diverse individuals score, on average, higher on self-report measures of autistic traits, systemizing, and sensory sensitivity, and, on average, lower on self-report measures of empathy."
A case study of five different dyslexic students at university.
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"After the return to on-campus teaching post-Covid, reports of student disengagement and low attendance are common and anxieties over the relationship between lecture recordings and attendance have re-emerged, leading some educators to remove recordings. To understand the potential impact of such decisions, this study explored how neurodivergent and disabled students use recordings using a qualitative survey approach."
Guide from Plymouth University about making your teaching more inclusive.
Guidance from University of Nottingham about Inclusive Virtual Interactions
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Strategies to make tutorials inclusive for all students - guidance from University of Oxford
Guidance from the Royal College of Psychiatrists about supporting higher education students with mental health
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"The language of neurodiversity has now been with us for some time. However, the language of neurodiversity is still not being used in a standard way, neither in the community, nor in practice, nor in research."
"Is mental ill health an aspect of 鈥榥eurodiversity鈥�? If so, is it ok to be neurodiverse within the context of mental health and how should those who are 鈥榥eurotypical鈥� respond? Are people comfortable with the 鈥榣abels鈥� of, and language and social constructs associated with, being neurodiverse and neurotypical as applied to mental health? These are the central questions that will be explored in this article through the lens of disability models."
Resource Hub for Neurodiversity
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- Productivity Tools
"Many apps and software can aid and improve productivity. Below is a list of either University licenced or free tools, which can be filtered by productivity need and/or your operating system. If required we also provide assistive software."
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- Reasonable Adjustments
Guidance from Disability at 糖心TV regarding reasonable adjustments and signposting students.
"Reasonable adjustments refer to modifications or accommodations made to ensure that you have equal access to education and an inclusive learning environment. These adjustments are considered on an individual basis and are intended to level the playing field, mitigate the impact of your condition, and support you in your academic pursuits. Find out about support options and schedule a meeting with a Disability Adviser to discuss your individual needs; they will then contact your department for you."
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"Emma Scott (Birmingham International Academy (BIA)) discusses effective adjustments which can make teaching more accessible for students with dyslexia."
"This document aims to provide practical how-to tips for anyone teaching online, both synchronous and asynchronous. It does not assume particular use of technologies and focuses primarily on behavioural aspects of teaching rather than on module design."
"Our qualitative research study was thus originally designed to understand how higher education students engaged with medical and social constructions of disability. The study findings prioritise these students鈥� perspectives and voices through interpretative phenomenological analysis and poetic interpretations."
"Given the ethical imperative to understand and prioritize the voiced perspectives and needs of autistic gender minority adolescents as well as the discovery of shared themes and experiences in this population, results should inform clinical research approaches and priorities."
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"It showed that compared to the known community prevalence, ethnic minorities were under-represented among 712 children referred to autism institutions."
- Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice
"Universal Design in Higher Education" looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services."
"People with dyslexia are vastly under-represented in universities (Katusic et al., 2001, Richardson & Wydell, 2003; Stampoltzis & Polychronopoulou, 2008). This situation is of concern for modern societies that value social justice. "
- Using developmental mentoring and coaching approaches in academic and professional development to address feelings of 鈥榠mposter 蝉测苍诲谤辞尘别鈥�
Using developmental mentoring and coaching approaches in academic
and professional development to address feelings of 鈥榠mposter
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"Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways; there is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and ."