A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas
A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas has launched!
If you signed up for a copy then check your inbox (or spam folder if it isn’t there.)
If you didn’t request a copy, or for some reason it hasn’t delivered to you, then you can still get yours here.
Who is A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas for?
Everyone!
What was initially envisioned as a brief self-written pdf with a few pointers has morphed into a community guide full of contributions from neurodivergent people of a variety of neurotypes. I’m very grateful to them all!
The subtitle is ‘ditch the expectations and meet your needs’, and that’s very much what this is all about. You are allowed to do Christmas your way, whatever that looks like. The guide is packed with information, ideas and experiences to help you do just that.
The guide is a collection of ideas and experiences, and is not at attempt to speak for everyone. It’s impossible to cover everything because we and our children are all unique, but if nothing else it will hopefully give you the confidence to do things differently and see that you’re definitely not alone.
If you’re neurotypical, the guide is for you too. You might have neurodivergent family, friends, students or colleagues. Or maybe you also quite fancy changing some of the expectations around Christmas!
It’s available in two different versions, including one in the OpenDyslexic font. You can download both if you like. Please be aware that the OpenDyslexic font can induce motion sickness or headaches in some non-dyslexics.
The response has been so phenomenal that I’m intending to expand this into a full-length book for Christmas 2025. If you’re neurodivergent and you have different ideas and experiences that you would like to contribute to the book then please get in touch.
Please share with anyone you think might be interested in the guide!
Contributors include:
Laura Hellfeld Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting
Jess Garner at GROVE Neurodivergent Mentoring & Education
Bex Milgate Psychotherapy And Psychoeducation
Tigger Pritchard: Neuroaffirming Advocate, Consultant and Trainer
Liz Evans — The Untypical OT — Occupational Therapist
Dr Joanne — Neurodivergent Educational Psychologist
Jill Holly — NeuroDiversity University
Jodie Clarke, Children’s Well-being Practitioner & Autism Specialist
Sofia Farzana at Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics CIC
And more!
