Resources
A key part of the Neurodiversity Project is to collate and share resources from across the university.
From little things big things grow! We are starting to collate this list, and this page will feature a growing list of resources for staff and students. Please check back as this page will be regularly updated as resources are shared with us.
Please reach out to us if you have neurodiversity-affirming resources that you would like to feature on this page.
On this page:
Community Stories
Community stories is a place for neurodivergent staff at the University of Melbourne to share their experiences of neurodiversity at work. Interview questions are co-designed with participants. This series will continue to grow through the year.
Interview with Dr Kate Coleman
Kate is an academic staff member in the Faculty of Education
Interview with Adon McGeorge
Adon is a professional staff member from the Future Student Team
Resources for Students
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| Resource name | Description | Link |
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| Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Neurodivergent programs | Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides a range of Neurodivergent programs, including webinars and support groups. The recorded webinars provide information on Autism and ADHD, and tips and strategies for Autistic students and ADHDers. CAPS runs a 6-week in person support group for students with a formal diagnosis of ADHD. Please see the CAPS website for more information about these supports. |
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Useful Articles
This section contains articles the project team has found useful. Please get in touch if you have articles you would like us to share here (especially if they are your own!).
Note: we realise there is a current bias towards studies on Autism - this isn't intentional! We are looking at other articles and welcome suggestions of neurodiversity-affirming articles for other neurotypes.
Neurodiversity 101
Annual Research Review: Shifting from ‘normal science’ to neurodiversity in autism science
Useful for: Everyone! Go read it now! (Especially anyone conducting Autism research or research on other neurodivergent populations
Pellicano, E., & den Houting, J. (2022). Annual Research Review: Shifting from ‘normal science’ to neurodiversity in autism science. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(4), 381–396. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13534
Neurodivergent strengths
Considering the Autistic advantage in qualitative research: The strengths of Autistic researchers
Tags: Autism, Strength-based, Qualitative research, Researchers
Useful for: Qualitative researchers, Autistic researchers
Grant, A., & Kara, H. (2021). Considering the Autistic advantage in qualitative research: The strengths of Autistic researchers. Contemporary Social Science, 16(5), 589–603. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2021.1998589
The strengths and abilities of autistic people in the workplace
Tags: Strenths, Employment, Autism
Useful for: Changing converstations in working with autistic colleagues from deficit discourse to celebrating strenghts (so useful for everyone!)
Health and well-being
Autistic well-being: A scoping review of scientific studies from a neurodiversity-affirmative perspective
How to conduct neuro-inclusive research
Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers
Neuro-inclusive teaching and learning
“It Seems Like I’m Doing Something More Important”—An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Transformative Impact of Research Experiences for STEM Students with ADHD.
Tags: ADHD, STEM, Creative problem solving, ADHD strengths in research
Useful for: Educators (especially in STEM but findings are very generalisable to other subject areas), anyone with ADHD, especially if you are struggling with formulaic-feeling courses and/or are thinking about going into research.
Zaghi, A. E., Grey, A., Hain, A., & Syharat, C. M. (2023). “It Seems Like I’m Doing Something More Important”—An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Transformative Impact of Research Experiences for STEM Students with ADHD. Education Sciences, 13(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci1
Dropping out and moving on: A qualitative study of autistic people’s experiences of university
Tags: Autism, university, barriers
Useful for: Staff who interact with students to understand some of the struggles Autistic students have in completing higher education degress
Stimulating curriculum and Teaching Innovations to support the mental wellbeing of university students
Tags: Teaching, Well-being, Curriculum
Useful for: Educators and curriculum designers
Note: Not specifically about neurodivergent students but provides good tips about supporting student wellbeing more broadly (which includes neurodivergent students of course!)
Baik, C., Larcombe, W., Wyn, J., Allen, L., Brett, M., Field, R., James, R., & Brooker, A. (2017). Stimulating curriculum and teaching innovations to support the mental wellbeing of university students. Australian Government Department of Education and Training. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/217777
Resources for staff
These resources are on their way!