7 Steps For Handling Back-to-School Anxiety
Back-to-school season can be a particularly anxious time for neurodivergent children and their families, and getting the right support in place makes all the difference. Emma Davies, director of children’s wellbeing organisation Health is One and chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Children, Young People and Families division, shares her expert guidance […]
One Year of Neuropathways Swansea: A Year of Supporting People in South Wales
In August 2025, we opened the doors of our Neuropathways Swansea clinic for the first time. We wanted clear, accessible ADHD and autism assessments, diagnosis and support to be within reach for children, adults and families across South Wales, without the years of waiting so many had come to expect. As the specialist neurodiversity service […]
Long NHS Wait for an ADHD or Autism Assessment? Your Options Explained
If you have been referred for an ADHD or autism assessment and told the wait could be measured in years rather than months, you are not alone, and you are not imagining how frustrating that is. Waiting lists across the country are at record levels. In some areas, services have even closed to new referrals […]
Late Autism and ADHD Diagnosis in Adults: Why It Is Never Too Late
There is a particular moment many of our clients describe. They are reading an article, or watching a video, or listening to a friend talk about their own diagnosis, and something quietly clicks into place. A lifetime of small confusions starts to look less like personal failings and more like a pattern. For a lot […]
Does a private diagnosis carry the same weight as an NHS diagnosis?
If you are researching private assessment for ADHD or autism, this is probably one of the first questions you have found yourself asking. With NHS waiting lists running into years in many parts of the UK, going private has gone from unusual to mainstream. But does it actually carry the same weight as a diagnosis […]
PDA vs ODD: Understanding the difference between Pathological Demand Avoidance and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Two children can look almost identical from the outside. Both refuse instructions. Both melt down when asked to do something they do not want to do. Both seem locked in a constant tug-of-war with the adults around them. And yet, what is actually happening underneath can be very different, and the support that works for […]
Finding calm in the cereal aisle: Understanding polyvagal theory and your nervous system
You are halfway down the cereal aisle with a list in your hand and three things still to find. The lights are too bright, someone behind you is having a loud phone conversation, and you have just realised the brand you wanted has moved. Something in your chest tightens. You cannot quite remember what you […]
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: Why your child explodes over tiny things
A homework correction. A friend cancelling plans. A teacher’s mildly raised eyebrow. To most adults, these are unremarkable moments in an ordinary day. To a child with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, any of these can feel like a small catastrophe, triggering a reaction that looks wildly out of proportion to what just happened. If you have […]