Projects & Collaborations

 

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I am currently working on a few projects with various individuals, charities and organisations that offer affirming support for neurodivergent people. If you feel I could support your work in any way, please contact me. I am passionate about supporting those working towards a more accepting, neurodiversity-affirming, inclusive future. 

Current Work



Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY)
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Emergent Divergence
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GROVE – NEURODIVERGENT MENTORING & EDUCATION

Role: Education Training and Resource Specialist and Guest Blog Writer

About: “GROVE aspires to be a safe community for Autistic young people to connect through shared interests & experiences.



Neurodiverse Connection

Role: Guest Blog Writer


PANS/PANDAS UK 

Role: Volunteer for Education Steering Group and Member of Neurodivergent PANS/PANDAS Working Party

About: PANS PANDAS UK supports children and families affected by PANS and PANDAS across the UK. PANS and PANDAS are pediatric disorders that occur when the body’s immune system attacks the brain, causing neuropsychiatric disorders and physical symtoms.

PANS
Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. Symptoms
include a sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or other symptoms and are often linked to an infection.

 

Spectrum Gaming 

Role: Volunteer Padlet Management, Volunteer contributor for Burnout Project, Contributor to Autistic Burnout section of Autism Understood website


Thriving Autistic

Role: Community Manager, Young Person’s Post-Diagnostic Autism Support for Parents/Carers, Discovery Programme Course Facilitation for Autistic Adults

About: “Thriving Autistic is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit committed to empowering and promoting the human rights of Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people through a transformative shift away from the traditional medical and charity models towards a human rights-based approach.

Thriving Autistic Offer:

Training and professional development opportunities for neurodivergent people in the psychology, coaching, and therapy professions

Workshops for organizations and mental health professionals on the neurodiversity paradigm, the social model of disability, intersectionality, and minority stress.”


Viv Dawes – Autistic Advocate

Role: Collaborative webinars and resources about burnout

About: Viv is a Lived Experience Advocate, Trainer, Consultant & Author. Founder of Autistic Burnout Network 

Viv provides neuro-affirming services to neurodivergent people, professionals working with neurodivergent people and to parents.

Viv offers: webinars specialising in burnout and provides regular training for organisations and schools. She also provides 1-2-1 support to ND adults and parents of ND children.

She has created numerous resources to download and purchase about autistic burnout and about autism. You can also purchase webinar plans for autistic adults or parents wanting to better understand autistic burnout. 


Upcoming:

Autistic Burnout Network Conference 2025

What do we mean when we talk about recovery?

Race and being missed and misdiagnosed

The impact of shame

School trauma

Puberty and menopause

Undetected co-occurring conditions such as EDS, PoTs etc 

Monotropism, interoception and burnout

Top Hat Owl says "If you're going to be weird, be confident about it."

It means taking some pride in the things that make you different from most people: accepting that being seen as weird might be the price for being unapologetically you.

In a society that demands conformity in all sorts of ways, where expressing yourself and caring passionately about things is often viewed as bizarre, owning your weirdness is an act of defiance and a claiming of the right to joy.

Ebook: Ways of
Being, Knowing
& Doing
An Anthology
For
Neurodivergent-
Informed Practice

The community has come together to support the Palestinian people. The result is an incredible eBooklet “Ways of Being, Knowing & Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent Practice” edited by Lisa Chapman and Kim Mears with contributions from:

Heba Al-Jayoosi
Monique Botha
Lelanie Brewer
Lisa Chapman
Helen Edgar
Warda Farah
David Gray-Hammond
Rowena Mahmud
Elaine McGreevy
Kim Mears
Liz Pellicano
Emily Price
Tigger Pritchard
Harriet Richardson
Kieran Rose
Bryony Shannon
Jodee Simpson
Ryan Boren
Raelene Dundon