I work as a senior educator developer specialising in inclusive education teaching and learning practice. My participatory neurodivergent-led research project examines the phenomenology of neurodivergent learner shame. It aims to unpick the messages that neurodivergent young people starting university have internalised about their ability to succeed in education, reflect on how stigmatised academic identities are managed, and think about what educators can do to nurture a healthier academic identity. I am working with Tourette’s Action charity and University of Exeter’s Neurodivergent and Disabled Students’ Society on creative ways to engage a wider variety of neurodivergent people in participatory research.