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“Liberty Will Never Perish” : Finding Charlie Chaplin’s Voice in an Age of Austerity
Published: April 24, 2025 16:59
I hadn’t heard Charlie Chaplin’s famous speech from “The Great Dictator” until today. It found me through Paolo Nutini’s haunting track “Iron Sky”, where the Scottish singer samples Chaplin’s powerful words. What began as simply enjoying a song quickly…
CANCELLED : Society for Neurodiversity OGM March 2025
https://www.s4nd.org/news/society-for-neurodiversity-ogm-march-2025/
Published: March 1, 2025 15:25
The Society for Neurodiversity (CIO) (S4Nd) is calling a general meeting of the membership to consider a proposal to amend our constitution. The proposed changes involve transitioning from our current association model to a trustee model, which would grant…
Society for Neurodiversity AGM 2023
https://www.s4nd.org/news/society-for-neurodiversity-agm-2023/
Published: March 6, 2023 20:26
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1st Annual General Meeting of the Society for Neurodiversity will be held at VAC, Resource Centre, 8 Hall Street, Halifax, HX1 5AY. In addition, this is a hybrid meeting - as well as being held at VAC, it will also be…
Have your say to influence change in adult Autism and ADHD services
https://www.s4nd.org/news/have-your-say-to-influence-change-in-adult-autism-and-adhd-services/
Published: December 10, 2022 15:26
We are currently working on highlighting the barriers people face accessing neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessments (Autism and ADHD). Navigating the healthcare system can be a lot of work for individuals and their families and is often fraught with…
Growing Pains: A S4Nd update from CEO, Angie Balmer
https://www.s4nd.org/article/growing-pains-a-s4nd-update-from-ceo-angie-balmer/
Published: February 2, 2022 18:48
Back in August 2019 I invited several autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people, their families and friends and our allies to meet with me. I wanted to know if they thought there was a need to establish an organisation that could help neurodivergent…
Simple Template Letter Helps Autistic People Claim Benefits
https://www.s4nd.org/news/simple-template-letter-helps-autistic-people-claim-benefits/
Published: December 9, 2021 11:54
Working in conjunction with the NHS in Calderdale and the Sheffield Autism and Neurodevelopment Service, the Society for Neurodiversity (S4Nd), has produced a template letter that is set to help hundreds of Autistic people make claims for benefits. The…
People still being denied “Right to choose” their service provider for diagnostic assessments
Published: December 2, 2021 12:20
At S4Nd, we’re currently working hard on our ongoing campaign to raise awareness of how “Patient Choice” is still not being applied to Neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessments. Here’s our latest press release, which went out to a selection of national and…
Community Spirit Awards 2021
https://www.s4nd.org/news/community-spirit-awards-2021/
Published: October 20, 2021 09:38
Following our win in the Breakthrough of the Year category in the Calderdale Community Spirit Awards 2020 (hosted by Community Foundation for Calderdale), we are extremely proud to have been shortlisted again in 2021 - this time in the Best New Charity…
Peer Support Groups
https://www.s4nd.org/news/peer-support-groups/
Published: May 13, 2021 14:26
S4Nd’s peer support groups are run by and for neurodiverse people. The groups offer members mutual support, guidance and the sharing of information.All S4Nd peer support groups are open to anyone who identifies as neurodiverse. Groups are held monthly on…
Annual members survey
https://www.s4nd.org/news/annual-members-survey/
Published: May 9, 2021 10:06
Society for Neurodiversity is a member-led charitable organisation that wants to deliver what our members want, not what we (management board) think you need. The survey questions are based upon what some of our members have told us, but S4Nd wants to…