What a treat to welcome Catherine Bell and Stephanie Farrell Moore to Bedside Reading to talk about their wonderful small anthology of poetry by neurodivergent women Kaleidoscopic Minds. Follow them on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopic_minds_poetry/
Buy your copy here https://kaleidoscopicmindsuk.etsy.com/listing/1606941954
All proceeds go to Autistic Girls Network https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/
Huge thank you to https://twitter.com/Cathersbell for producing this resource list
Neurodiversity resources for patients, parents and professionals:
Autism
- SIGN patient information booklets - https://www.sign.ac.uk/patient-and-public-involvement/patient-publications/autism/
- Neurotribes by Steve Silberman – Book/Audiobook
- What I want to talk about: How autistic special interests shape a life & Untypical by Pete Wharmby – Book/Audiobook
- Chris Packham Inside our autistic minds - BBC documentary
Autism in women and girls:
https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Keeping-it-all-inside.pdf
- Odd Girl Out: An autistic woman in a neurotypical world by Laura James – Book/Audiobook
- Strong female character by Fern Brady – Book/Audiobook
- Christine McGuinness: Unmasking my autism – BBC documentary
ADHD:
- Driven to Distraction by Ed Hallowell MD and John Ratey MD – Book/Audiobook
- Taking charge of adult ADHD by Russell Barkley – Book/Audiobook
- ADHD Aha! by Understood – Podcast
- The Disruptors – Documentary film
- ADDitude magazine - https://www.additudemag.com
ADHD in women and girls:
- ADHD As Females – Podcast
- ADHD for smart ass women by Tracy Otsuka – Podcast
- Earthed by Rebecca Schiller – Book/Audiobook
- Moodswings, Meds and Mared – Documentary (Welsh with subtitles) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4aDWG-AXCo
Dyslexia/Dyspraxia/Specific learning differences:
- Everything is going to be K.O. by Kaiya Stone – Book/Audiobook
- British Dyslexia Association https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
- Dyspraxia Foundation https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Tourettes:
- https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk
- Lewis Capaldi: How I’m feeling now – Netflix documentary
Parenting/School:
- Your child is not broken by Heidi Mavir – Book/Audiobook
- Can't Not Won't: A Story About A Child Who Couldn't Go To School by Eliza Fricker - Book
- In It: Supporting kids who think and learn differently by Understood - Podcast