UK Disability History Month
UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of the struggle for equality and human rights.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is an initiative which challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences and aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported. This helps to create a more inclusive and equitable culture that celebrates differences and empowers individuals.
When it comes to inclusion, neurodiversity refers to a world where neurological differences are recognised and respected as all other human variations.
Depending on how our brains are wired we think, move, process information, and communicate in different ways.
Approximately 15% to 20% of the population has a neurological difference. Instead of labelling people with deficits or disorders, when we use the term neurodiversity, we take a balanced view of an individual's unique strengths and challenges.
Many challenges neurodivergent people face are more to do with the environment and systems they are placed in, often designed by a majority population.