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🔥In this week's Hot Topic episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, hosts Jordan James and Simon Scott break down a bold new initiative: Devon & Cornwall Police’s Neurodiversity ID (NDID) wristband pilot—a wearable tech project designed to support autistic and neurodivergent people during emergencies.

🟢 The wristbands, which look like digital swim locker keys, use NFC technology and store personal, neurodivergent-specific information to help first responders provide tailored, informed support. But is this a genuine step forward, or just surface-level accessibility?

🎙️ Key Talking Points:

• What the NDID wristbands do—and why they could be game-changing for non-speaking or high-support needs neurodivergent people
• The importance of autistic-led collaboration in designing neurodiversity tools
• Why training emergency services (by neurodivergent people, for neurodivergent people) is just as essential as tech
• How the wristbands compare to the widely misunderstood sunflower lanyard
• The need for personalised, subtle, and stigma-free neurodivergent identifiers in workspaces and public settings
• A visionary alternative: Jordan’s concept of the Invisible Disability (ID) Pin Badge

🧠 Whether you're autistic, ADHD, PDA, or any neurodivergent flavour—this episode is full of honest reflections, practical concerns, and real hope for inclusive solutions created with us, not for us.

You can read the full article here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ljmd5my63o

🗣️ Let’s talk: Would you wear an NDID wristband? What would make it feel empowering, not patronising? Should all emergency services receive neurodivergent-led training as standard?

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