In this short guide - ''About the Brain: Autism and Eating Disorders" - Dr. Michelle Sader explains how brain scans can help us understand the connection between autism and eating disorders. Learn about the latest research and how these insights could improve treatment. Find out how to stay involved with the work of the PEACE Pathway and EDAC.
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In the first episode of Co-Produced, Adia and Lauren are joined by Dimitri Chubinidze to explore how inpatient eating disorder treatment is lived, felt, and made meaningful through the senses. Drawing on a year-long sensory ethnography of an adult inpatient ward, the conversation reflects on neurodivergent-affirming, co-produced research that centres lived experience. The featured study, shortlisted for the NIHR Maudsley BRC Culture, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI) Impact Award, highlights how listening attentively to bodies, senses, and experience can help shape more humane and inclusive care.
This blog by Lauren Makin shares insights from recent research on how eating disorder support can better meet the needs of Autistic and ADHD adults. It highlights the importance of recognising neurodivergence and adapting care to sensory, communication, and routine needs, based on what people with lived experience say is most helpful.
A neurodiversity-informed guide for carers supporting someone with an eating disorder, with a focus on autism and ADHD. This resource offers practical, compassionate strategies grounded in lived experience and clinical expertise.
