We are Neurodiversity South Africa & Lesotho.

Neurodiversity Solutions for Africa.

  • Neurodiversity South Africa and Lesotho (NASL) offers flexible support for schools, organisations and more.

    We are experts in internationally recognised:

    • Educational policy

    • Organisational policy

    • In workplace adjustments

    • In school adjustments

    • Pre K to Primary Transitions

    • Primary to Secondary Transitions

    • Troubleshooting

    We have experience with all aspects of neurodiversity and specialise in supporting schools and organisations to make adjustments for neurodiverse individuals.

    We are multi-agency specialists and are familiar with systems that work adjacent to schools, medical services other allied professions.

  • We have a decade of experience supporting families and schools. We can support children and young people in all aspects of education:

    • Cambridge Curriculum (ages 3 to 18) and UK National Curriculum (2014).

    • SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)

    • SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) need

    • Family Liaison/Estrangement

    • Behaviour

    • Child development

    Schools: we can support teachers and parents with appropriate strategies tailored to the individual child or young person.

  • Does your business need help with compliance around neurodiversity?

    We offer the following:

    • Law and policy guidance

    • Training talks

    • Training courses

    • Learning Resources

    There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach.

Who is NASL Connect?

A Scientist and Writer

Diana started her career as an ecological scientist, gaining a BSc (Hons) Ecology from the University of Hull (2012). She worked briefly with ecological organisations, ‘The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)’ , during its change from its previous modus operandi as ‘The Game Conservancy Trust’ - she worked closely with the trust’s marketing department based in Salisbury and worked as part of the Langholm Buzzard Project (Northumberland).

Diana has always had a passion for persuasive, scientific and analytical writing, which she developed from 2009 when she started her own business, ‘Madcap Science.’ Madcap Science was part of the then-emerging field of ‘Science Communications’ (SciComm), marrying research, manufacturing, and education. She wrote for most universities in the UK (Manchester, Bournemouth, University College London, London School of Economics, etc.) on robotics, smart materials, biomimicry, cancer science, and more. She attended the National Science Summit for several years. Madcap Science eventually extended beyond science journalism, article writing and ‘live blogging’ to work within the museums sector.

Most notably with MuseoMixUK in 2014, in partnership with Derby Silk Mill Museum’s Trust. MMUK contributed to the foundational funding for what is now known as the Derby Museum of Making. Other project involvement includes Fun Palaces, Comic Science @ Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (BMAG), FameLab UK (Birmingham and London), Science Showoff, Museums Showoff and more. There are too many projects to list them all.

Education

After two redundancies in Bid Writing - funding for science brought on by the advent of ‘Brexit’ in 2015 - science research lost its funding overnight. Diana decided to change tack and work in education.

Diana gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE Primary) with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in 2018. She then worked in primary, secondary, SEN (Special Educational Needs) and Pupil Referral Units for several years. Working with children and young people with autism, disability and neurodivergence. In 2023, she gained a place on a Post Graduate Certificate in Autism at Sheffield Hallam University in partnership with the National Autistic Society (after a three year wait on their list) and continued to work in education.

Why South Africa and Lesotho

Diana was born in South Africa to a Mosotho father and a Kenyan British mother. She has spent the last 18 years travelling between South Africa and Lesotho with her father, Russell, as part of his fuel engineering business. Diana has a unique set of skills and understanding to support individuals, families, schools and organisations with their neurodiversity needs.