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...health authorities must have been optimistic that eradication of other human diseases would follow. For instance, another ancient disease, tuberculosis (TB), was thought to be on the road to elimination just a few short decades ago. But its resurgence means that it is now believed to infect about a third of the world’s population. This doesn’t mean that two billion...

...health warn that the consumption of certain foods or an unhealthy diet during pregnancy may impact on the unborn baby’s neurodevelopment, which means how the foetal brain is growing (Zupo et al., 2024). For some neurodivergent mothers, who are struggling with the sensory physical changes in their bodies, along with changes in taste buds, tiredness, and the overwhelm of...

...health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means ‘bouncing back’ from difficult experiences. Resilience is not necessarily a trait we’re born with – it can be developed through experiences, mindset shifts, culture, and support systems (Chemaly, 2024). A key factor in resilience can be having caring and supportive relationships within and outside the...

...health difficulties and amplify sensory sensitivities. The need to keep track of when to have sanitary products ready, or knowing (and remembering) when those need changing, can be very difficult for autistic people, who are more likely to experience differences with what we call executive functioning (meaning skills like remembering, planning, prioritising and...