Laura Hellfeld of Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting

@laurahellfeld.bsky.social

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Neurodivergent Health Educator, Co-Author of ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’ and 'Gabby's Glimmers' and Associate Editor at Autistic Revolution

An image to highlight that a new blog on hygiene is on my substack. The photo is of a silver coloured shower head and the shower is on. White text 'How do I get them to shower? Rethinking hygiene support in care roles'

An image to showcase a new blog post on the power of naps. The photo is of someone's slippers showing our from under a white blanket as they sleep on a brown couch.

An image showcasing the new blog. It's a photo with a blue infinity symbol and white text 'PDA Signposting, A Growing List'

Photo to advertise new blog. Image is darkened to be a background. A photo of an adult reading a story to a child as they fall asleep. The adult is sitting against the headboard with the book in their lap. The child is resting under a duvet and their head on a pillow. White text 'going to bed for any other reason than sleep: taking the pressure off'

An image for the new blog. A photo of three orange crackers lined up and white text 'Context Eating: why selective eaters prefer specific foods in specific contexts

An image showcasing my March Newsletter is published. It is a photo taken outside of a lot of purple crocus blooming along a pavement.

An image of a blue-lined piece of paper with the letters 'ADHD' written in the centre and in various colours. There are bunched up, colourful pieces paper all around.

Photo of 3 red strawberries with a pink background. White text 'Why we need low pressure food opportunities: Supporting our young people with food and eating

Photo of Bridget Phillipson taken giving a speech. She is standing at a podium and addressing a seated crowd. Phillipson has short, brown hair, is a pale person and is wearing a dark suit. White text 'Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson'

ID. An image of the cover of Gabby's Glimmers. The image is a white background with 'ebook now available' in purple and at the top centre. Gabby is shown from the waist up and is standing and holding a jam sandwich in their hands. Gabby has curly, brown hair with a rainbow clip in it and yellow glasses. Gabby's eyes are closed, is smiling and is wearing a yellow jumper. Meeple, Gabby's pet rat, is standing on Gabby's' right shoulder and his tail is making a heart shape. There are glimmers around Gabby and Meeple in colours of gold, blue and purple.

A photo showing spilt cheerios and milk on a pink background. White text 'How to get them to eat: rethinking traditional parenting strategies'

A photo of a plant outside on a snowy day. The small plant has gren leaves and red berries and is surrounded by snow. White text 'Febraury Newsletter, hello and hiya'

Art by the talented Badibidu by Cat Regi x
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ID. Photo promo of the article sharing about the magazine's Mental Health and Wellness Section. There is a water-colour rainbow coloured infinity symbol made in flowers as the background. White text 'mental health and wellness section'.

Image depicting what is ok to flush down a toilet. Beige background with light pink box. In box is an image of a poop, wee droplet and toilet paper.

Image highlighting the Autistic Burnout Conference on May 17th 2025. The quote is 'committed to increasing he understanding of burnout, educating others and providing meaningful care to those needing support'

A photo promotion for Laura's newest blog. It is a photo of a pale hand holding up a sad, yellow face in front of a blue background. White text 'Distress Language: How to Tune into What Your Child Can't Say'

Image to promote blog AAC Users and Resources. There is a pale hand drawing black letters AAC on a white board.

A photo showing the word language. There are black letters spelling 'language' on a yellow desk. There are also work supplies scattered on the desk. White text at top pf photo is the title of the blog 'Getting the language right about autism.'

Image of a sunny room with an adult overlooking a group of young children play. There are multi-coloured big block legos scattered on the floor that they children are playing with.

Light purple background with a grey prescription pad with grey pen. There is a medication bottle with red top on the right and two medication pills next to the bottle. One pill is half white and half red while the other is a round, orange tablet.

A photo advert showcasing my latest blog on substack. There is an image of a young person laying on a bed and the viewer only sees there's legs. White text 'The need for co-regulation doesn't stop at night, a collaborative blog from teh archive (2022)'

Poster for AR's Just Giving page. It is a teal background with white text at top centre 'Just Giving Fundraising'. There are two photos below. Photo on left is of AR's Summer magazine issue which has a pale person with long, blonde hair facing the camera and smiling. The image on the right is a black background with white text 'AR, are you ready?'

Photo of Jodie's book on burnout and Gabby's Glimmers next to each other on a table. Jodie's book is a green-blue cover with white text 'Young, Autistic and Burntout'. There is an image of a sad, young person sitting down. Gabby's Glimmers is a white cover with a dark haired, young person smiling and holding a jam sandwich and their rat friend Meeple.

An image normalizing bringing their own food to a friend's house. Beige background with red and orange hued rainbows. A tall, green cartoon character is in the bottom right corner. Cartoon character is smiling and holding cutlery. Thought bubble 'It's ok...to bring your own food to a friend's house.'

A character drawing of Laura from teh waist up. Laura is a pale person with shoulder length red-blonde hair and fringe. Laura is looking at the viewer and smiling and wearing blue-rimmed glasses and a blue top.

A poster of upcoming webinar for AUsome Training. Laura and Acott’s photos are in the upper left hand. Wednesday 22nd January 7-9 pm Irish time. £10 non members and £5 for members.

Poster to review signs of constipation. Off white background with yellow text at top 'signs of constipation' and black text 'myths: the poo is always hard or a poo a day means no constipation'. There is a rainbow coloured poo emoji with unicorn horn in the upper right. There are 8 text blocks below in colour of blue, green and orange. 'hard poos. pooing less often thatn the regularly did, less than 4 poos a week, poo frequently, poo is leaking out a bit at a time, painful or swollen tummy, nausea, low appetite, rabbit pellit like poo, pain or strain with pooing, wee problems like small, frequent wees and bedwetting, large poos, lots of poos at once.

An image showing Gabby's Glimmers as a gift to consider this holiday season. There are multi-coloured presents wrapped on the right side and the cover of Gabby's Glimmers is on the right. The image is a white background with the title in purple and at the top centre. Gabby is shown from the waist up and is standing and holding a jam sandwich in their hands. Gabby has curly, brown hair with a rainbow clip in it and yellow glasses. Gabby's eyes are closed, is smiling and is wearing a yellow jumper. Meeple, Gabby's pet rat, is standing on Gabby's' right shoulder and his tail is making a heart shape. There are glimmers around Gabby and Meeple in colours of gold, blue and purple.

Beige background with a dark purple cartoon character in the bottom left corner and wearing a nurse cap and smiling. Title of slide series is 'Stopping Antidepressants'. Pink thought bubble 'stopping the medication should be alongside talking to your health care provider and often is done slowly.'

Purple background with a cartoon image of a medical clip board in grey and the Rx symbol for prescription and medical cross on it. There is a grey pen at an angle next to the clip board and a couple medicine tabs at the bottom next to a medication bottle.

Split image with yellow colour block on an angle on right. Text of 'lesser known stress responses with eating'. A photo of three red strawberries with a pink background is on the left. Following slides all have a grey background and black text from above.

A pale yellow background with orange hued rainbows. A green cartoon character is in the bottom left and has eyes closed and a light smile. Cartoon has head on a pillow and 'Zzzz' coming from them. Thought bubble with text 'removal of co-regulation leads to removal of sense of safety that leads to increased stress response that leads to an increased need of co-regulation'

Image with a photo of Laura in right bottom corner with purple circle background. Laura is shown from shoulders up, wearing a black top, blue rimmed glasses. Laura is a pale person and is facing the camera and smiling. Top left corner is a purple circle background with text 'voice of lived experiences series: Laura Hellfeld

'I liked the pictures in this book. Gabby's Glimmers shows you that you aren't alone and there is nothing wrong with you as we are all different. I liked that it showed you that it was ok to have special people, food and toys that make you feel safe and that it is not a bad thing. I liked finding out about glimmers, it made me htink about what makes me feel happy! This book would be great for younger children in primary age.'

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ID. Image with a pale pink background and designs of yellow, pink and purple flowers in the corners. Inside a purple image of a notepad is the text from above as a review under the reviewer's details, William, age 13. There are 5 gold stars above the review.

Photo taken above a wooden table with cut pieces of paper with text on them all strewed at different angles. There is a pair of green scissors, black pen & a pack of colourful post its.