It was only recently that I came to the realisation that I was autistic which, in conjunction with starting my first proper job, lead to a lot of confusion. I was worried that it would hinder me in some way because I didn’t really understand myself; nor did I understand the working community. It felt […]
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This year for Neurodiversity Celebration Week (21st- 27th March 2022), neurodiversity network member Daisy Shearer is doing a curation project with the library on neurodiversity. She has created a reading list to help people explore neurodiversity and to amplify neurodivergent voices from a variety of backgrounds and has made a display that can be found […]
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Guest post from Caroline Uncles, PhD Research Engineer at the Centre of Doctoral Training MiNMaT Only 3% of people see dyslexia as anything other than a disadvantage. Where an education system is set up to disadvantage people with dyslexia often leaving them feeling very frustrated. The common question asked during those school years is Why […]
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I thought I’d kick off the first blog-style post on the Neurodiversity at Surrey blog by exploring this rather big question. It’s something I thought long and hard about before emailing the EDI team with a suggestion to form a neurodiversity network. I’ve also had a couple of people asking this exact question since the […]
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We’re currently in the process of establishing neurodiversity networks for staff and students here at the University of Surrey.
With the aim to launch them in the new academic year, please feel free to contact us at staffNDnetwork@surrey.ac.uk or studentNDnetwork@surrey.ac.uk if you’d like to get involved with the steering committee for the appropriate network.
You can find our initial network outline below.
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