December Call For Submissions

How to write for us and some prompts for inspiration

I can’t believe it’s almost December already.

In case you missed it, I recently shared a story welcoming our new writers and highlighting my favourite writing from the Fall:

The focus of Neurodiversified is informative and well-written articles about ADHD, Autism, neurodiversity, twice exceptionality, parenting, advocacy, mental health, and education.

We are accepting applications for new writers, and you can check out our submission guidelines here:

December Prompts

We accept any draft submissions that meet our guidelines, but if you’d like some inspiration, below are our December writing prompts.

Non-holiday themed prompt

Recently there was an article on one of those “pop psych.” websites that discussed ADHD stimming. The article focused on explaining different types of stimming, treatments, and how to stop stimming.

The author made one small note that stimming behaviour may not need to be changed, but then the rest of the article outlined all the different ways one can stop stimming (medication, CBT, and other therapies).

Prompt #1: Talk to me about stimming

What are your favourite happy stims? How do you embrace your own, or your child’s, self-soothing and enjoyable stims? How do you normalize stimming? What are the benefits of stimming, how do they help you or your child? Why are they important?

And so on!

Note: Stimming is something that everyone does, but often neurodivergent people use stimming as a self-regulation strategy more often, and perhaps more obviously, than neurotypicals.

This prompt isn’t specific to ADHD stimming, it’s aimed at any neurodivergent writers, or parents of neurodivergent people, who embrace stimming.

Holiday survival prompt

For those who celebrate Xmas, the holidays are coming up. For those who don’t, but live in a country where most people do, you are surrounded by the barrage of consumerism and merriness whether you like it or not.

For some, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but for others they can be extremely tough. There are social expectations, crowds, parties, and sensory overload — not to mention some feelings of loneliness, isolation, even ostracization.

Prompt #2: What are your strategies for managing through the holidays?

If you’re someone who feels (or used to feel) very down during the holidays, what has helped you make it through? What advice might you give to others who are struggling?

It’s not required that stories follow either of the prompts, as long as your writing meets our submission guidelines. If you do, please include #NDPrompts as one of your tags.

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