Welcome to
The Differing Advantage

Previous editions: The Differing Advantage

If you are an In Practice subscriber, catch up on past issues of The Differing Advantage. Search by topic or scroll through to find insights and reflections you may have missed.

Not an In Practice subscriber yet?

Join us here:

Sep 22, 2026

•

4 min read

When you realise sign language isn’t universal

There are more than 300 sign languages. Here’s what British Sign Language, Makaton and visual communication can teach us.

Jess Meredith

Sep 15, 2026

•

4 min read

When inclusion gets harder

If you’re trying to keep inclusion moving when budgets, priorities and expectations are shifting, this one’s for you.

Jess Meredith

Sep 8, 2026

•

5 min read

When fitting in comes at too high a cost

This World Suicide Prevention Day, I want to talk about autism, suicide and the part every one of us can play.

Jess Meredith

Oct 28, 2025

•

5 min read

Volunteered for years. Told not to return.

The story of Tom Boyd shines a light on how volunteering can support inclusion but only when it’s part of something bigger.

Oct 21, 2025

•

6 min read

Why airports are my sensory nightmare (and what they taught me)

It’s Sensory Processing Awareness Month - here’s what my holiday taught me about overwhelm, access, and empathy.

Oct 14, 2025

•

5 min read

Three misunderstood topics, one big inclusion lesson.

From AI to OCD to DLD - here’s what they reveal about who gets heard (and who doesn’t).

Oct 7, 2025

•

5 min read

5 ways to enable those with dyslexia & dyspraxia this week

It’s awareness week - time to bust myths, shift mindsets, and make change that lasts.

Sep 30, 2025

•

7 min read

Toilet talk: a quiet message with big impact

Last week’s school letter left us disheartened. This week? A sign that shows what real inclusion looks like.

Sep 23, 2025

•

6 min read

Why inclusion feels impossible sometimes

It’s not because people don’t care. It’s because the systems we work in weren’t built for difference.

Sep 16, 2025

•

5 min read

Autism + Environment = Impact

This National Inclusion Week, we’re asking a different question: what if the real issue isn’t the person, but the environment?

Sep 9, 2025

•

5 min read

Ready for October? Our biggest freebie yet is inside!

We’ve reworked, reimagined, and re-released our most popular resource, and it’s better than ever.

Welcome to The Differing Advantage

Previous editions: The Differing Advantage

Not an In Practice subscriber yet? Join us here:

When you realise sign language isn’t universal

When inclusion gets harder

When fitting in comes at too high a cost

Volunteered for years. Told not to return.

Why airports are my sensory nightmare (and what they taught me)

Three misunderstood topics, one big inclusion lesson.

5 ways to enable those with dyslexia & dyspraxia this week

Toilet talk: a quiet message with big impact

Why inclusion feels impossible sometimes

Autism + Environment = Impact

Ready for October? Our biggest freebie yet is inside!

Welcome to
The Differing Advantage

Not an In Practice subscriber yet?

Join us here: