Neurodiversity and School Distress
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a crisis in school attendance, the struggle many children and young people (CYP) face in attending school, particularly those with significant mental health challenges and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Would you choose an online assessment?
The rise of technology has expanded the ways through which psychological assessments and therapy can be administered. Nowadays, there are more options for making a choice that suits your preferences and your lifestyle.
There is no ‘one picture’ of autism and everyone presents with their own unique set of symptoms. This can make it challenging to diagnose and sometimes leads to missed or incorrect diagnoses.
A high percentage of autistic people have co-occurring mental health difficulties, most commonly anxiety, depression, OCD, or mood disorders.
Historically, ADHD has been underdiagnosed in girls and women as it doesn’t fit the stereotypical picture of symptoms. For many years, ADHD was considered:
❌ Only hyperactive boys
❌ A childhood disorder
"Like many women with autism, I used to put my social experiences down to social anxiety"
This quote from Claire Jack (Psychology Today) reflects the experience of many autistic women and non-binary people.
