Choosing Support You Can Trust: What Our Accreditations And Registrations Mean
When you are choosing someone to support you, your child or a member of your family, it can be difficult to know what to look for. A website might tell you that a clinician is qualified, that a service follows national guidance or displays a collection of accreditation logos. But unless you already work in […]
NeuroPathways: Impact Case Study
Original Case Study published at playmodeacademy.org. Meeting Children on Their Own Terms NeuroPathways is a specialist neurodiversity service offering wraparound assessment, diagnosis, and support for autistic children, young people, and adults with ADHD and other learning needs. Operating from purpose-built centres in Swansea and Glasgow, and online, their multidisciplinary team delivers diagnostic evaluations alongside practical […]
“It’s not bad behaviour”: Experts explain after-school meltdowns in children
More than 140 parents, carers and support staff from across Wales and Scotland attended a recent workshop exploring why some children cope all day at school, then struggle as soon as they get home. The online session, After the Bell: Understanding Emotional Dysregulation, was delivered by Neuropathways and The Exchange, both part of Health is […]
Living with ADHD and autism: Michelle’s story of routine, masking and finding balance
What does it actually feel like to live with ADHD and autism day to day? Not in clinical terms, but in the small, specific, ordinary moments – the morning alarm that needs to go off four times, the lunch that gets forgotten, the meeting that leaves you quietly exhausted in a way that is hard […]
How long does an ADHD or autism assessment take – and what happens afterwards?
For most people considering a neurodiversity assessment, the practicalities are one of the biggest unknowns. How long will it take? What will actually happen at the appointments? What comes next? And how will the results be communicated and used? These are sensible questions, and the uncertainty around them can be one of the things that […]
What is the difference between an ADHD assessment and an autism assessment?
If you are thinking about getting assessed for neurodiversity – for yourself or your child – one of the first questions that often comes up is which kind of assessment is actually needed. Is it ADHD? Is it autism? Could it be both? And what is the difference between the two assessments anyway? These are […]
ADHD and autism assessments in Glasgow: what to expect and how to get started
If you are in Glasgow or the surrounding area and wondering whether ADHD or autism might be affecting your life – or your child’s – you are far from alone. Awareness of neurodiversity has grown considerably in recent years, and with it, the number of people who are beginning to ask questions they perhaps did […]
Swansea parents call for more support after years of struggling for son’s ADHD and autism diagnosis
A Swansea family say they reached “crisis point” after years of struggling without a clear diagnosis for their son, whose behaviour at home was markedly different to the way he presented at school. Luke, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, is nine and was recently diagnosed with combined‑type ADHD and autism. His […]
Why everyday life can feel so overwhelming with ADHD – and what’s actually happening in your brain
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that many people with ADHD know well. It is not the tiredness that comes from doing too much. It is the tiredness that comes from the gap between what you intended to do and what actually happened – from a day that somehow slipped away, a task that […]
Masking in ADHD and autism: what it is, why we do it, and the cost of keeping it up
If you have ever spent an entire social situation watching other people carefully, quietly working out how to respond, what to say, how long to hold eye contact – and then come home completely exhausted – you may already know what masking feels like, even if you have never had a name for it. Masking […]