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Neurodiversity Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity Collection

...neurological difference, celebrate neurodiversity and advocate for an inclusive world. Our articles and free courses are here to help you understand neurodiversity more and discover support strategies...This OpenLearn collection brings together a range of free resources designed to educate, inspire, and support neurodivergent learners, allies, educators, and employers....
Neurodiversity Hub
Education & Development

Neurodiversity Hub

Exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly. This hub brings together free OpenLearn courses, articles and personal stories on autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Education & Development

What is the Neurodiversity Hub?

...Neurodiversity Hub offers practical help, real stories and expert guidance. This article explains further...Neurodiversity isn’t new but the way we talk about it is evolving. This resource hub offers clear guidance, practical tools and personal stories to help you explore different ways of thinking about neurodiversity and how it shapes study and everyday life. Why...
Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...neurodiversity...Find out more about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is the diversity of human minds and the fact that brains and neurocognition vary among all individuals. All these variations are ‘normal’ and ‘valuable’ with neurodiversity being the concept that neurological differences are to be...
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...neurodiverse athletes. Within the sport and exercise sector this may include those in coaching roles, as well as fitness instructors, personal trainers and wider exercise professionals. Throughout this course when referring to neurodivergent athletes this will include athletes who may not be aware of a condition...This course is designed to improve the knowledge and...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...Neurodiversity brings a heavy weight of anxiety with it, particularly in the online classroom. Neurodivergent students worry about being asked a question, about working in groups, about not being able to keep up, and about being exposed as the impostors they feel they are. The best thing you can do for those students is to build an awareness of anxiety into your approach...
Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...Neurodiversity refers to accepting that everyone’s brain functions in different ways; while most brains process information in a ‘neurotypical’ way, some brains are ‘neurodivergent’. Over recent decades, the number of people diagnosed with neurodivergent conditions has increased and continues to grow. This is due to improved diagnosis, greater awareness of...
SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...neurodiversity is to blame. However, the data tells us a different story; in fact, there is a problem with underdiagnosis instead. Is a diagnosis necessary? While a child in the UK doesn’t need a formal diagnosis to access support at school, identification still plays a significant role. A formal diagnosis can allow access to certain services and resources as well as...