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Neurodiversity training to Maternity Healthcare Staff – Guest Post

Information from Stockport Family at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. If you have any questions, please email autism.programme@stockport.gov.uk directly. As part of Stockport’s all-age autism strategy, we will be delivering some neurodiversity training to maternity healthcare staff.  To assist us in the planning we have engaged with healthcare staff to explore their current understanding of neurodivergence and have also engaged with new mums to capture their experiences. In … [Read more...] about Neurodiversity training to Maternity Healthcare Staff – Guest Post

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ADHD To Me

Guest Post from an Anonymous Parent With ADHD What is it like to be an adult with ADHD? It's different for everybody but this is how it is for me. It's forgetting appointments It's being late - regularly It's being an hour early because you're scared to be late. It's buying birthday cards for people but never posting them on time It's sending two birthday cards because you don't remember sending the first one. It's perfectly preparing a joint of meat for Sunday dinner but … [Read more...] about ADHD To Me

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Changes and Foundations; ADHD Parenting

Guest Post from Nichola - Heidi and Me Our Neurodiversity Journey “When you know better you do better” (Maya Angelou, Author) Maya Angelou, Author Being the parent of a neurodivergent child, has changed me, forever. Not in a negative way, or a compromised way, it has changed who I am, my outlook; made me a better person. I am stronger, I have a thirst for learning, a drive to improve; I have developed patience, communication skills and empathy. My child’s ADHD life journey starts … [Read more...] about Changes and Foundations; ADHD Parenting