Welcome to the ITAKOM news page, where you’ll discover personal and professional stories from the world of neurodiversity as well as interviews with our speakers and the ITAKOM team.
With the ITAKOM conference just days away, we wanted to take this opportunity to introduce and thank our Scientific Committee members. This panel of excellent […]
Whether it’s their recruitment procedures, physical office spaces, or their website, the team at Burness Paull are making some serious waves in the inclusion and […]
Ciara Lawrence wants to change the world. Through her work with disability charity, Mencap, her disability focused podcast, and her work with countless other charities, […]
Holly Sutherland Autistic Autism Researcher, University of Edinburgh Neurodiversity Thinkers Session: Whose ‘Support’ Is It, Anyway? A Critical Look at Supportive Environments Day 2, 10:30 […]
This week, we were joined by ITAKOM Speaker and Founder/CEO of Project 507, Whitney Iles. Whitney holds multiple professional roles and has over 20 years […]
Queer, transgender, flamingly autistic author and educator, Dr Nick Walker is best known for her book Neuroqueer Heresies as well as her foundational work on the neurodiversity […]
Charlotte Garnett studied Jewellery Design at Central St. Martins, graduating with First Class Honours in 2015. Her graduate anti-anxiety collection ‘Cure For The Itch’ won […]
This week, we spoke with Dee Baker, Founder of Elements of Empowerment, an Irish organisation that delivers interactive and creative resilience-building programs enabling people to […]
Dr Kathy Leadbitter dreams of a fairer, more inclusive world where we embrace differences; where diversity is celebrated; a world where people aren’t embarrassed about […]
Continuing our ‘All Kinds of Minds’ series where we dive into the lives of neurodivergent individuals around the world, we meet Irish journalist Melissa Carton. […]
Lotta Borg Skoglund is an associate professor in psychiatry at the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University, and affiliated researcher at the Department of […]
It turns out, putting on a major international conference on neurodiversity is a really big job! Of course, we have some incredibly skilled professional teams […]
To celebrate the official launch and countdown to ITAKOM next year we organised a free public lecture in collaboration with EICC on 24th March 2022. […]
Continuing our interview series, where we shine a light on All Kinds of Perspectives from across the Neurodiverse community, we meet sibling and autism advocate, […]
A short piece by Sophie Dow was published on the 27th April 2022, on why research is key to supporting neurodivergent young people. Or rather – […]
With as many as 1-in-5 people thought to be neurodivergent, Scotland will host an international event exploring hard-hitting topics ranging from stigma to sexual taboos […]
Welcome to the ITAKOM Blog. Here, we have created a space to inspire, learn and discover stories from the far-reaching field of neurodiversity. Stories from […]
It Takes All Kinds Of Minds (ITAKOM for short) – is the title of the big international conference that Salvesen Mindroom and Salvesen Mindroom Research […]
