In psychosocial recovery work, we are often invited into people’s lives at moments of intensity. There is courage in that invitation. There is also responsibility.

In neurodivergent life, there are two “social survival apps” many of us end up running in the background:

In community and non-profit spaces, especially those led by disabled, neurodivergent, and queer people, there is a quiet pattern many of us recognise but rarely name.

There’s a quiet list many children learn by heart long before they can name it.

“Loneliness epidemic” has become a headline magnet, but underneath the buzzy phrasing is a genuinely messy public health and social justice issue. Loneliness isn’t just “being alone”. It’s the felt gap between the connection you want and the connection you have. You can be in a house full of people and still feel like you’re speaking through glass.

 When recess gets taken away during the school day, it’s rarely about “bad behaviour”.

On the Disability-Industrial Complex Driving the National Autism Strategy.

Autistic community is one of those things people talk about as if it already exists in every corner — a ready-made place where we all fit neatly, instantly, effortlessly.But the truth is: authentic autistic community is still something we are building.Carefully. Tenderly. Imperfectly.

When Burnout Arrives Disguised as Belonging