About Us

Causeway Neurodiversity was founded in 2022 to address the marked absence of support and information services for neurodiverse individuals in the Causeway Coast area. This has a serious impact on the well-being of individuals and their families. Professionals working with neurodiverse children, adults and their families also find the current lack of support frustrating and detrimental to the potential of those affected.

The formation of this new charity has been steered by Sara Jane O’Donnell, a multidisciplinary team social worker and a mother of a neurodiverse daughter, Yvonne King a founding members of Parents Unite and Kaye Cormack, founder/Project Manager of Phoenix ADHD Project.

We plan to bring an information support hub under one umbrella to help guide families and individuals through the minefield of the assessment process, diagnosis, educational and support services available for those with Autism, ADHD, and associated conditions. At present we are at the planning stage, reaching out to neurodiverse individuals, their families, professionals, and community representatives who have an interest in developing support services in the area. Over te summer months in 2022 we ran five events throughout the Causeway area enabling us to connect with families. Since January 2023 we have been two running monthly drop-in sessions, one the evening and one in the morning in Coleraine and one in Ballymoney.