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Neurodiversity Celebration Week 16th to 20th March 2026

 Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a global initiative founded to challenge misconceptions about neurological differences, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other conditions.  The aim is to highlight the many skills and talents of neurodivergent individuals and promote equality.

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES 

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

 

BOOKS   

  • Neurodiversity; Marble, John; Chabria, Khushboo; et al; 2024; (John Wiley & Sons Inc) – also available as both an NHS and Keele e-book
  • Studying with Dyslexia; Godwin, Janet; 2025; (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc); 3rd edition – only available as a Keele e-book
  • Tourette syndrome; Martino, Davide; Leckman, James F; 2022; (Oxford University Press); 2nd edition – only available as an NHS e-book
  • ADHD for Dummies; Strong, Jeff; MacHendrie, Carol; 2024; (John Wiley & Sons) – also available as both an NHS and Keele e-book

JOURNALS   

  • Autism research; International Society for Autism Research, issuing body; (Wiley Periodicals Inc) – only available as a Keele e-journal from 2008 onwards
  • Autism (Online); National Autistic Society, issuing body; (SAGE Publications) – only available as a Keele e-journal from 1999 onwards
  • Molecular autism; (BioMed Central) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2010 onwards

N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS ejournals will require login with an NHS Open Athens account.

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ 

OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLES  

 PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:   

KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians.For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/

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