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About CARING
About CARING
We are a team of researchers at the University of Portsmouth (UK) working at the Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity (CIDD).
We built CARING to share our research and resources, with the aim of improving the lives of neurodivergent individuals from early education to university and employment.
In the following pages, you can find out about the way we do research, our current projects, and free resources for neurodivergent people, their families, professionals, and academics. You can also use the websiste to let us know if you would like to get involved in any of the projects.
CARING has been developed with the support of UK Research and Innovation's Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).
Our approach to research
Our approach to research
In our research, we acknowledge the diversity in experiences of neurodivergent people as well as the role that society has in shaping those experiences, particularly in education, employment, and health care. We also investigate how neurodiversity-informed approaches in research and practice can lead to more inclusive education, policy, and support systems.
You can read more about neurodiversity-affirming projects and resources here.
We collaborate with neurodivergent people, relatives, teachers, and practitioners as co-researchers with expertise of lived experiences. This is very important for us to ensure that our research prioritises the needs of the community and that it is accessible and meaningful. We also work closely with local and international partners including the Portsmouth City Council, Autism Hampshire, and the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) to improve policy and practice.
You can read more about this approach and the resources for co-production here.
News from CARING
News from CARING
Join us for a World Cafe's session on high quality communication in primary care on 10th of March, 10:30am-12:30pm at University of Portsmouth, Third Space, 1st floor. All participants will receive £25 gift voucher. It is for neurodivergent people with lived experience of pain, fatigue, burnout, and their friends and carers!
We had a community event "We need to talk about autism" in June 2024. You can read here the topics that people said were the most urgent to do research on.
We have conducted a project exploring neurodivergent staff experiences of working in Higher Education at the University of Portsmouth. You can find a detailed report of the findings here, and a summary here.
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