About NeuroNews
Real stories from a real dad, navigating a system that wasn't built for children like his — and making the case for an education that actually works.
Why I Started Writing
My son is ten. He is funny, creative, empathetic, and one of the most curious people I've ever met. He is also neurodivergent — and the school system has, at various points, reduced him to a problem to be managed rather than a child to be known.
The EHCP process. The exclusions. The meetings where professionals describe your child in clinical deficits while he's at home explaining the plot of a documentary he watched at 6am because he couldn't sleep and wanted to know how jet engines work.
I started writing because I needed to. Because it's clarifying. Because other parents kept telling me they felt the same and didn't know where to start.
NeuroNews is not a professional resource. It's a personal blog. But it's honest — and sometimes that's more useful.
What We Believe
Interest-Led Learning
Children learn best when driven by genuine curiosity. We follow the interest, not the syllabus.
System Reform
The current model was designed for the industrial age. We need something built for actual children.
Neurodivergence is a Difference
Not a deficit. Not a disorder to be fixed. A different way of being in the world — with real strengths.
Honest Advocacy
No sugarcoating. We write about the hard stuff — the EHCP battles, the exclusions, the exhaustion — because parents need to know they're not alone.
Tom Attwood
Developer · Dad · Advocate
I'm a full-stack developer by trade, but a father first. I also write about faith at Cross Shaped, and you can find my professional work at tomattwood.me.
You're not alone in this.
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