Explore how neurominority minds often register subtle “early warning” signals in environments that organisations overlook or misinterpret. This article highlights the gap between lived neurocognitive experience and institutional systems that too often fail to recognise or respond to these important indicators.

Let's Talk Small Talk

by Professor Charlotte Valeur

Professor Charlotte Valeur examines the unspoken rules and pressures of small talk, exploring how these everyday social exchanges can present unique challenges for neurominority individuals.  Discover how to encourage greater understanding, inclusion, and more meaningful communication.

When Home Becomes the Place You Are Excluded From

This article explores the painful reality of feeling excluded within the very place meant to provide safety and belonging. It sheds light on how misunderstanding, lack of acceptance, and unmet support needs can deeply affect neurominority individuals and their sense of home, identity, and connection.

The Future of Global Health Must Be Human

by Susan Mackay

Susan Mackay shares that strengthening global health systems requires a fundamental shift towards approaches that prioritise lived experience, relational care, and the full complexity of human needs. Explore the importance of ensuring that neurominority perspectives are recognised and essential when creating equitable and effective health outcomes worldwide.

Reflections from the Global South: A Narrative on Autistic Burnout

By Alia Booley. ION South Africa Lead

In this deeply personal reflection, Alia Booley, ION South Africa Lead, shares her lived experience of autistic burnout alongside PDA and depression, offering an honest account of what happens when an overwhelmed nervous system reaches breaking point. She explores how recovery is shaped not by pushing through, but by self-understanding, self-advocacy, and learning to meet oneself with compassion in the midst of exhaustion and emotional complexity.

Loving Licence Plates and Neurodivergence

As featured in Catalyst Newsletter, April 2026

In this thoughtful and insightful article featuring a contribution from Kim Shah, President of ION Canada, William Wahl explores neurodivergence through lived experience. It  highlights the importance of recognising neurodiversity as a natural part of human variation, advocating for more inclusive, rights-based approaches that support neurominority individuals, families, and communities, enabling them to flourish.

Neurodiversity Collective (ION RPDU) Masterclass

Join the Neurodiversity Collective (formerly known as ION RPDU) for the next in the Neurodiversity Masterclass series on:

ION Two Day Conference: Neurodiversity in Later Life: 21–22 May 2026

This international conference will bring together lived-experience voices, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and advocates to address one of the most overlooked areas of neurodiversity: ageing, invisibility, access to care, systemic exclusion, and how societies can better support neurominorities across the full lifespan.

The two day conference will explore the following topics:

● Ageism and the erasure of older neurominorities

● Mental health, institutionalisation, and systemic barriers

● Healthcare, social care, and community inclusion

● Lived experience and reality across later life

● Building inclusive systems for ageing populations

The conference will be delivered in a hybrid format (in-person and online) to ensure global accessibility. 

Join us for the Next ION Chat: 5 June 2026

We look forward to seeing you at the next ION Chat on

Friday, 5 June 2026, 10:30am - 11:30am UK London Time, led by Prof. Charlotte Valeur

Discover a virtual space where you can talk about what matters to you, hear from others, share your experiences, and connect on a deeper level. Register now to join us and become an ION individual member.