What you might have missed in 2016…

As a last minute festive treat (!) in the vein of so many TV shows this time of year, I thought I’d give a bit of a roundup of some interesting articles from a range of publications and websites that you may (or may not) have spotted this year.

So go grab a mulled wine coffee (mince pie optional) and enjoy a read…

Not more mince pies?

Neurodiversity

• Reach: video case studies featuring current undergraduate students with Autism/Asperger’s discussing their experiences of Higher Education at University
• Autism and Uni – widening access to Higher Education for autistic students
• The Guardian article: Labour to appoint a shadow minister for neurodiversity
• People Management article: Managing employees on the autistic spectrum in the workforce

Mental health

• City AM article: This is Me: How Barclays is breaking mental health stigma – and the rest of the City can too

HR and disability

• HR Grapevine article: How can HR do more to support people with disabilities?

Dyslexia

• Resource: what reading might feel like for someone who has dyslexia
• The Conversation article: Here’s what you need to know about starting university with dyslexia
• Royal College of Art article: Kicking an Elephant Through a Catflap: Celebrating Dyslexia Awareness Week at the RCA

Diabetes

• BBC Newsbeat article: Managing type 1 diabetes is ‘essentially my day job’

And just to add … have a very merry Christmas break and a Happy New Year from the Disability Task Group – see you in 2017!

Claire Byron, AGCAS Disability Task Group, Newcastle University