This Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we discuss ADHD and dyslexia. Learn how they’re linked, similarities and differences – and how to help kids with both.

I’m incredibly proud to be one of Microsoft’s UK Accessibility Champions. In my collaboration with the Microsoft team, I discussed my son’s journey with Microsoft Learning Tools. I spoke about how the platform empowers him, and makes learning and living with dyslexia a little easier.

Mama-of-two Claire Quigley Ward has recently launched the new All Aboard ADHD podcast to help parents navigate the ADHD journey. Absolutely Mama chatted to her to find out more about how she’s building a supportive community for ADHD parents.

In this All Aboard ADHD podcast episode, Claire is joined by BAFTA award-winning Carrie Grant for a raw, honest and thoroughly inspiring introduction to her wonderfully diverse “multi-hyphenate” neurodiverse family. Carrie shares the highs and lows of parenting four children across their experiences of ADHD, PDA (pathological demand avoidance), DMDD (disruptive mood dysregulation disorder), Autism and Dyscalculia, but also the additional challenges they face, coming from mixed-race heritage and discovering diversity in terms of sexuality and gender too.

What is the ADHD Children’s Evaluation and what can it give parents who suspect their child has ADHD? In this All Aboard ADHD podcast episode, Claire is joined by Professor Susan Young to discuss the ACE assessment. Susan shares the real reason that it was developed and how it has quickly been adopted as a tool not just across the UK, but globally, and has also been expanded to include young people and adults.

In this All Aboard ADHD podcast episode, Claire and Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke dive into the all-important question: what is ADHD? Professor Edmund - Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at King's College London - sheds light on just how tricky that question can be to answer, due to the rapidly evolving research and narrative around the condition. He breaks down the medical definition, but clarifies also the emerging ‘neurodiversity' view of ADHD and crucially, how these two differ in their perspective.

Grazia chatted to Claire Quigley Ward host of All Aboard ADHD podcast about how we can raise awareness, increase understanding and encourage empathy - to help children regard themselves better and develop self-esteem. We can help them to be proud of their ADHD. Because if we can help them manage it, it really is a gift.

In this opening episode, host Claire Quigley Ward shares her ‘why’ for creating this All Aboard ADHD podcast: her own journey as a parent of an ADHD child, with some refreshingly honest insight about her experiences.

Few people are aware of how sleep and neurodiversity are so closely related – but it all makes sense when you realise that sleep is all brain-controlled. Sleep issues are common among children with ADHD which can interfere with sleep quality and affect how long it takes to fall asleep.

ADHD is just one neurodivergence in a universe of possibilities. One of the biggest challenges we face as the parents of neurodivergent children is sensory sensitivity which, particularly at bedtime, can be a nightmare. Understand how it feels, and how to help.

With the right routine and bedroom environment, every child can enjoy their sleep. Get some brilliant bedroom ideas for neurodivergent children.