🌟 Good News (Neurodivergent Edition) — November 2025

🌟 Good News (Neurodivergent Edition) — November 2025

Here’s your roundup of wins, breakthroughs, community highlights, and uplifting moments in the world of autism, ADHD, and neurodivergence. Scroll for the good stuff. ✨

🧠 Highlights from November

🎉 Community events that brought people together

Neurodiversity Forum 2025 — real-world progress
On November 13th parents, carers, professionals, and neurodivergent advocates met at the Neurodiversity Forum in Cheshire, UK. The day was about connection, idea sharing, and better support systems for young neurodivergent people and their families — including a new Neurodiversity Pathway with early intervention profiling tools and shared ADHD/autism care planning co-designed by neurodivergent individuals and carers alike.

Free Neurodiversity Advice Event — Selby, UK
On November 10th, the Selby Neurodiversity Advice Event brought free, no-appointment-needed support, advice, and signposting to individuals and families — welcoming neurodivergent people into a space where questions were front and centre and support was accessible to all.

These kinds of grassroots, community-first gatherings remind us: neurodivergent support spaces are thriving locally as well as online.

🧠 Research, science & understanding

Genes linked to ADHD discovered — opening doors to deeper biology
A major genetics study found rare mutations in three specific genes (MAP1A, ANO8, ANK2) that significantly increase ADHD risk — offering new insights into how attention and impulse regulation works in the brain.

This doesn’t change who you are — but it richly expands our understanding of ADHD’s biological roots, something researchers hope will inform future supports and tailored therapies.

🧠 Language & identity are evolving

Survey reveals how neurodivergent adults in the UK feel about identity language
A large UK survey showed nearly all participants had heard of neurodiversity and a majority used identity terms to describe themselves — while also noting mixed feelings about how broad or narrow the language can feel.

This is important not because it’s a debate — but because it centres community voices in the way the world talks about neurodiversity.

🌍 Stories & everyday wins

🗣️ Autistics Speaking Day highlights

November 1st marked Autistics Speaking Day — annually observed by autistic people around the world as a chance to share lived experience directly, challenge stereotypes, and take up space in the public conversation.

This growing tradition is a global reminder that autistic voices belong in every conversation about autism.

📰 Monthly reads & resources

Neurodiversity Newsletter Issue #2 — full of empowerment
The November 2025 Neurodiversity Newsletter delivered stories of self-acceptance, tools for autism assessment, and insights about executive skills coaching — all aimed at bolstering confidence and inclusion.

💡 Big ideas gaining traction

🧠 Shared brain patterns in autism & ADHD

Emerging research suggests that biological features of autism and ADHD may overlap, particularly in brain connectivity and gene expression — pointing toward a spectrum-driven view of neurodevelopment.

This supports the idea that brains aren’t categories to be boxed, but differences to be understood on a continuum.

🥂 Looking ahead — signs of momentum

📈 Neuroinclusive surveys & workplace recognition
Groups in the UK launched the UK’s first survey to track neurodiversity pay gaps and workplace inclusion — an important step toward equitable work environments and meaningful data.

These tools help turn awareness into actionable change.

💛 What November reminds us

  • Neurodivergent communities are gathering, sharing, and designing support together.

  • Science is deepening its understanding of how diverse brains work.

  • Language, identity, and self-advocacy are front and centre.

  • Progress doesn’t always make headlines — but it’s happening.

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