Up to 15% of children and adolescents worldwide experience neurodevelopmental difficulties that vary widely in scope and impact. Strict diagnostic criteria have constrained our understanding of these difficulties and limited our theories about why these might occur. “Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment” aims to challenge our thinking around diagnostic categories and hopes to make discoveries to benefit the lives of children and young people experiencing barriers to learning.
In 2022, we had the pleasure to collaborate with the wonderful Tony and Pip from Patient Voices to organise a digital storytelling workshop with several CALM families. You can see the powerful stories that our participants on produced on their website. This collection of stories tells us about the difficulties, resilience, and perseverance that accompany the educational journeys of neurodivergent children and young people.