I am an autistic and ADHD adult. I have lived every day knowing that I do not fit a neurotypical template, and I have still managed to build a life, raise a family, have a home, relationships, responsibilities. I can function, but it is not because I am “fixed.” It is because I have learnt to survive in a world that was not designed for minds like mine.
Our children have not been given that chance yet.
Neurodivergent children (autistic, ADHD and other diverse profiles) are currently being put through an education system that treats them as a problem to be corrected rather than a person to be understood. They are expected to perform the impossible — to “mask”, to “fit in”, to suppress their truth, to mould themselves into a neurotypical shape. When they cannot, the fault is placed on the child, not the system.
I know, from lived reality, that this is emotional violence.
These children are spoken to as though they are wrong. They are handled as though they are too difficult to cope with. Their distress is labelled as defiance. And because they are children, they have no power, no voice, and no meaningful protection. That is why this exists.
This becomes a movement of parents — not just one woman.
I am holding out my hand so parents and carers can take it. Those of us who know that our children’s trauma is not accidental — it is the direct result of a system that refuses to adapt to them. The purpose of this project is to collect and publish the truth. Not rumours. Not random claims. The lived reality of families across the UK whose children have been harmed by a system that claims to support them.
We will tell the truth — calmly, factually, and together.
We believe that when enough parents speak, the data becomes impossible to ignore. The stories become evidence. The evidence becomes pressure. The pressure becomes change.
The mission is simple:
To be the voice for the children who have no voice inside the current system.
We are here to collect the truth, document the harm, and demand better.
For neurodivergent children (autistic, ADHD and other diverse profiles).
For the next generation.
For the children who deserve safety, respect, and actual understanding — not empty promises on paper.
Regular updates on this data will be published publicly on this website.
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