April 2026 Neurodiversity Newsletter Issue #7
The April 2026 Neurodiversity Newsletter is an autism-centred issue focused on moving beyond awareness toward recognition, inclusion, and meaningful support. It highlights autism acceptance, ADHD and tax-season self-regulation, neurodivergent celebration, adult autism assessment, Disability Tax Credit education, ADHD learning opportunities, and partner resources from the Adult ADHD Centre, Adult Autism Centre, ADHD Training Academy, and community organizations.
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Autism Acceptance Month and neuroaffirming support
April’s featured article centres on Autism Acceptance Month and reflects on how understanding of autism has changed over time. The issue moves from older deficit-based views of autism toward a more respectful neurodiversity lens that recognizes autism as a unique way of being.
April – Autism Acceptance Month: Andrea Dasilva, Registered Clinical Counsellor, explores the history of autism, the shift toward neurodiversity, and the importance of recognizing each autistic person’s lived experience. The article emphasizes that many autistic people prefer identity-first language and that autism is not something to “fix,” but a way of being that calls for meaningful adaptations, inclusion, and support.
The article also highlights the Adult Autism Centre’s neuroaffirmative approach, which focuses on each person’s experiences with social interaction, sensory processing, relationships, self-regulation, support systems, environmental adjustments, strengths, and well-being.
ADHD, taxes, and emotional regulation
The April issue also brings attention to the challenges of tax season for people with ADHD, framing tax filing not as a matter of intelligence or discipline, but as a self-regulation and executive functioning challenge.
ADHD & Tax Returns: Don’t Get Trapped This Year: Naïma Laraki explains why tax returns can be difficult for people with ADHD, including planning, document organization, time management, sustained attention, working memory, and completing long, unstimulating tasks. The article offers concrete strategies such as breaking tasks into micro-steps, using a body double, working in short blocks, creating accountability, delegating without guilt, and building a simpler system for next year.
The piece also introduces emotional regulation tools, including heart-focused breathing and the CUT-TRU Method, which encourages readers to calm the body, understand what is happening internally, take ownership, and choose a response aligned with their values.
Neurodivergent Celebration Week
The newsletter spotlights Dana Daniels, Chief Neurodiversity Officer of the ADHD Training Academy and Founder and CEO of Blue Sky Learning, who was featured by Global News for Neurodivergent Celebration Week on March 16, 2026. Readers are invited to watch Dana speak about the importance of celebrating neurodivergent people, strengthening understanding, and recognizing diverse ways of learning and working.
Adult autism assessment and self-understanding
The Adult Autism Centre section continues the April theme of recognition and support by guiding adults who may be exploring autism assessment.
The newsletter frames an autism diagnosis as a pathway to accommodation, support, self-acceptance, and clearer next steps. It notes that autistic adults may benefit from environmental adjustments, skill development, support systems, routine development, sensory regulation, and social strategies. Readers who are unsure whether assessment is right for them are directed to the Adult Autism Centre’s complimentary discussion about the autism assessment process.
Disability Tax Credit education and support
The April issue includes a Disability Tax Credit session focused on physical health conditions. The session is positioned as a way to help readers better understand which physical health conditions may qualify, how eligibility is assessed, and what to know before applying.
ADHD webinars and upcoming learning
The events section continues to offer practical ADHD education for adults, families, and professionals.
The April issue also points ahead to May and June learning opportunities on topics such as ADHD and gender, movement and exercise, emotional dysregulation, physical health conditions and the DTC/RDSP, and ongoing ADHD support.
Partners, community, and staying connected
The closing sections continue the newsletter’s broader purpose: to raise awareness, promote inclusion, and strengthen understanding across ADHD, autism, accessibility, mental health, and neurodiverse experiences. Readers are encouraged to stay connected with the Adult ADHD Centre, Adult Autism Centre, ADHD Training Academy, and partner organizations as Neurodiversity News continues through 2026.