Neurodiversity-Affirming Training: Clinician Checklist

The Neurodiversity-Affirming Training Clinician Checklist, created by our board members Maud and Chris, a practical guide that helps organisations, educators, and clinicians evaluate whether professional training genuinely reflects the core components and values of neurodiversity-affirming care. It outlines key principles of neurodiversity-affirming practice, such as valuing lived experience, using respectful language, embedding accessibility, and focusing on client autonomy and wellbeing rather than “normalising” differences. The checklist also highlights inclusive teaching practices, clinical considerations, and warning signs of non-affirming training, helping people identify programs that align with respectful, evidence-informed, and person-centred care.

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