by Peter | Sep 9, 2026 | autism, diagnosis, neuro-divergent, nominative determinism
Jason Arday: grounds for some scepticism about his neurodiverse status? Jason Arday’s recent apparently self-inflicted death is, by any measure, an absolute tragedy. However, putting aside the particular circumstances of his death, the events leading up to it as...
by Peter | Aug 31, 2026 | ADHD, ASD, autism, diagnosis, neuro-divergent, therapy
The autism spectrum is now so broad that anyone could have the condition, an expert who pioneered research into the condition Prof Dame Uta Frith said. Prof Dame Uta Frith, an emeritus professor in cognitive development at University College London, said autism had...
by Peter | Aug 28, 2026 | ADHD, autism, live-die, mental health, neuro-divergent
In the 17th Century, to establish the difference between human and non-humans, Rene Descartes claimed that humans had both bodies and minds whereas animals had only bodies. This mistaken belief, wherein body and mind are treated as separate entities, still persists...
by Peter | Nov 4, 2025 | hand, music, neuro-divergent
The more familiar phrase is the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. This familiar version has come to mean that in any company, business or familar organisation communication is so bad that people don’t know what the others are doing. The origin...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2025 | ADHD, assessment model, education, hand, neuro-divergent, parents, wright, wright - write hand mismatch, write
The homunculus In the Middle Ages, many believed the homunculus -the little human with a voice inside our heads- told us what to think and do. One of the problems with this belief, was the question of who or what told the homunculus what to tell us? The homunculus...
by Peter | Apr 4, 2025 | confusion, left-right, neuro-divergent
“This is when I began to understand neurodiversity, because I couldn’t tell my left from my right.” [BBC Sounds R4 April 3rd 2025 This Cultural Life – Abi Morgan about 3’20” into interview] Once upon stating that you couldn’t tell...
