Neurodiversity Celebration Week

A week of celebrating neurodiversity
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week

A week of celebrating neurodiversity

  • Rolle 002 Matt Carey & Allan Sunderland - Panel discussion ‘ND Question Time - How the academics support ND at UoP’

  • Babbage 401 – Morag Powell & Ines (Ness) Avery - Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Academic and Placement/Environments

  • Babbage 408, Molly Walters ‘Designing a University for my AuDHD Brain’

  • Babbage 409, Logan Eaton and Nathalie Dawe Masking and Burnout

  • The Council House, PCC. Our second Neurodiversity Conference

  • Babbage 414, Gray Atherton & Liam Cross 'Game Changer'

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Our Neurodiversity Celebration Week will bring together a series of engaging talks and interactive sessions exploring lived experience, inclusive practice and neurodivergent strengths. 
From discussions on masking and burnout, inclusive academic support and ND Question Time, to creative and interactive workshops like Game Changer, to our creative exhibition (competition), the programme offers staff and students meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect and reimagine how universities can better support different minds and more.

Guest speakers:

Monday, 16 March
  • 10.00 –11.00 – Rolle 002 Matt Carey & Allan Sunderland - Panel discussion ‘ND Question Time - How the academics support ND at UoP’.
  • 12.30 –13.30 – Babbage 401 – Morag Powell & Ines (Ness) Avery - Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Academic and Placement/Environments.
Tuesday, 17 March
  • 13.00 – 14.00 – Babbage 408, Molly Walters ‘Designing a University for my AuDHD Brain’.
  • 15:00 – 16:00 – Babbage 409, Logan Eaton and Nathalie Dawe Masking and Burnout.
Wednesday, 18 March
  • 09:00 – 12:00 – PCC - The Council House. Our second Neurodiversity Conference.
  • 13.00 – 14.30 – Babbage 414, Gray Atherton & Liam Cross 'Game Changer'.
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Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Academic and Placement Environments

Speaker: Morag Powell & Ness Avery
Join Dr Ines Avery & Morag Powell in person for an engaging session on how to better support neurodivergent students. Discover simple, effective strategies to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. Whether you're an educator, student, or just curious, this event is all about sharing ideas and building understanding. Come and be part of the conversation.
 
Learning Objectives
 
Explain the potential pathways and barriers students may encounter when seeking assessment or diagnosis of neurodivergence.
Identify and analyse common indicators of undiagnosed neurodivergence and interpret how these may present within academic environments.
Apply strategies for conducting compassionate conversations and implement appropriate referral and signposting to institutional and external support services.
Analyse the challenges neurodivergent students may face during professional placements and propose strategies to support equitable participation and success.
Evaluate appropriate approaches for supporting neurodivergent students who are at risk of failing and develop supportive intervention strategies.
Reflect on and discuss lived experiences of undiagnosed neurodiversity in higher education to inform inclusive academic practice.

Masking and Burnout

Speakers: Logan Eaton and Nathalie Dawe
What is masking, how it affects us, what is burnout (signs to look for), how to help students suffering from burnout, small overview of how reasonable adjustments can help students.

Designing a University for my AuDHD Brain’

Speakers: Molly Walters
Delivered by Molly Walters, Learning Support Supervisor at the University of Plymouth, this interactive session draws on her lived experience as an Autistic and ADHD (AuDHD) staff member and former student.
Through reflection and co-design activities, participants will explore how university systems can better support executive functioning, sensory needs, communication clarity and energy management — reframing inclusion not as ‘fixing individuals’ but redesigning environments for different minds.

Neurodiversity Question Time

Speakers: Matt Carey & Allan Sunderland
Staff and students are welcome to join us in person for a lively chat on how academics support neurodiversity at UoP.
This is your chance to ask questions, share experiences, and learn about the awesome ways the university is fostering an inclusive environment for all minds.
Whether you're neurodivergent, an ally, or just curious, come along and get involved.

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