Advocacy & Application Resources
Support for navigating disability systems in your own words
Practical, neurodivergent-affirming resources to help you — or the people you support — identify needs, prepare applications, and communicate support requirements clearly.
These resources are designed to reduce the overwhelm of disability application processes. You do not need to figure this out alone, and you do not have to translate your experiences into clinical language without support.
For neurodivergent people, families, and the practitioners who support them
These resources are designed to work across different contexts — whether you're preparing your own application, supporting a family member, or using them in professional practice.
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Neurodivergent individuals
Use independently to identify your experiences, understand your support needs, and prepare for ADP, CDP, or EHCP applications
Parents & families
Support a neurodivergent child or family member through the application process - understanding their experiences and helping articulate their needs
Advocates & support workers
Use alongside clients to help them identify and articulate their experiences before and during the application process
Therapists & counsellors
Recommend to clients navigating applications, or use alongside sessions to support understanding of support needs and self-advocacy
Why disability applications can feel so hard
Disability support applications ask people to describe their needs in very specific language - language that often feels disconnected from how neurodivergence is actually experienced day-to-day. These resources bridge that gap.
The challenge with disability applications
Disability support applications ask people to describe their needs in very specific language - language that often feels disconnected from how neurodivergence is actually experienced day-to-day. These resources bridge that gap.
ADP — Adult Disability Payment
Scottish replacement for PIP - assesses how a condition affects daily living and mobility
CDP — Child Disability Payment
Scottish payment supporting disabled children - replaces DLA for children in Scotland
EHCP - Education, Health & Care Plan
England-based legal document describing a child's needs and the support they require in education
A three-step process
The resources are designed to be used in sequence - though each also works as a standalone tool. Working through them in order gives the most complete preparation for an application.
- 1
Understand your experiences
£8Identify your sensory, emotional, and executive functioning experiences using visual tools — before translating them into application language
- 2
Translate into application language
£20Use the practical guide to turn your experiences into clear descriptions of support needs in the language disability assessments expect
- 3
Communicate your needs clearly
£10Create a person-led support profile in your own words - useful for applications, EHCP reviews, workplace adjustments, and support conversations
Understanding My Neurodivergent Experiences Toolkit
Visual tools for identifying sensory, emotional, and executive functioning experiences
Many people find it difficult to identify and name their own neurodivergent experiences - especially if they have spent years masking, adapting, or being told their difficulties are not significant. This toolkit creates space to recognise what is actually happening before you're asked to describe it in a form.
Using visual tools and guided reflection, it supports you to notice patterns in your energy, communication, sensory processing, and daily functioning that may affect your support needs - in language that feels true to your experience, before you have to translate it into anything else.
Helpful for:
- Building self-awareness before starting an application
- Identifying experiences you may have normalised or overlooked
- Preparing for the Disability Application Guide (Step 2)
- Use with a therapist, advocate, or support worker
Step 1・£8
Understanding My Neurodivergent Experiences Toolkit
Includes
- Visual tools for identifying experiences
- Sensory processing exploration
- Energy and capacity mapping
- Executive functioning reflection
- Communication pattern exploration
Individual use · Instant access
Neurodivergent Advocacy & Disability Application Guide
Preparing for ADP and CDP Applications
Disability support applications use specific language and frameworks that can feel completely disconnected from how neurodivergence is lived. This guide supports you to bridge that gap - taking the experiences you identified in Step 1 and translating them into clear, detailed descriptions of support needs that application assessors will understand.
It is practical, step-by-step, and written with neurodivergent people in mind - acknowledging that the process itself can be exhausting, overwhelming, and at times re-traumatising, and trying to make it as manageable as possible.
Covers
- Understanding what ADP and CDP assessments look for
- Translating lived experience into assessment language
- Describing impact on daily living clearly and specifically
- Supporting evidence and how to frame it
Step 2・£20
Neurodivergent Advocacy & Disability Application Guide
Includes
- ADP and CDP application guidance
- Experience-to-language translation tools
- Daily living impact frameworks
- Step-by-step completion support
- Neurodivergent-affirming framing throughout
Individual use · Instant access
Person-Led Support Profile
A Neurodivergent-Affirming Alternative to "All About Me" Forms
A practical, person-led toolkit designed to help you clearly communicate your needs, preferences, and support experiences - in your own words. This is not a behaviour plan. It is a consent-based, person-centred document that centres autonomy, clarity, and lived experience.
It helps you describe what supports you and what overwhelms you, how your energy and capacity change, how you communicate and express need, and what effective, respectful support looks like for you - across any context where you need to share that information.
Can be used for
- Disability applications - as supporting evidence
- EHCP planning and reviews
- Workplace adjustments and reasonable accommodations
- Therapy and support conversations
- Any context where you need to communicate your support needs
Step 3・£10
Person-Led Support Profile
Includes
- What supports you and what overwhelms you
- Energy and capacity mapping
- Communication and expression of need
- What effective, respectful support looks like
- Ready to use across multiple contexts
Individual use · Instant access
Work through this alongside a consultation
These resources can be used independently, but they can also be used alongside an Advocacy & Application Consultation session - working through your specific situation, application, or support needs with direct, informed guidance. The resources provide the framework; the consultation provides the personalised support.
Looking for something different?
These workshops sit alongside two other ranges — shorter individual worksheets and in-depth accredited CPD toolkits.
Worksheets & mini resources
Short, focused tools for individual reflection
Four accessible worksheets exploring masking, communication and identity. Designed for individuals, therapists, and practitioners.
Accredited CPD toolkits
In-depth accredited learning with 6-12 CPD hours per module
Full CPD training toolkits with theory modules, slide decks, facilitator guides, and a certification pathway.
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