Crisis & Suicide Prevention Resources for Neurodivergent Adults

Sophie LR
May 9
2 min read

Updated: May 16

Affirming, Autonomy-Centered Support from Neurodivergent Insights

Navigating moments of acute distress can be uniquely challenging for neurodivergent people.

Mainstream crisis resources don’t always honour neurodivergent experience or autonomy, and many of us have encountered barriers to accessing affirming support.

That’s why I’m sharing a powerful, free resource created by Dr. Megan Anna Neff and the team at Neurodivergent Insights:

The Safety Plan Workbook & Crisis Resource Guide for Neurodivergent Adults.

A workbook cover titled "The Help Me Stay Plan," showing an illustration of a person writing. Blue and pink accents, calm mood.

What Makes This Resource Different?

Created by Dr. Megan Anna Neff, a neurodivergent psychologist, author, and educator, this workbook is grounded in lived experience, clinical knowledge, and a deep understanding of neurodivergent minds.

This Crisis & Suicide Prevention Guide is designed for neurodivergent adults, caregivers, and clinicians, with a focus on:

Accessible, autonomy-centred options
Tools for self-compassion, safety planning, and crisis navigation
Affirming, non-pathologising language
Support that respects your choices and needs

What’s Included in the Crisis & Suicide Prevention Guide for Neurodivergent Adults?

This resource is structured into seven practical, compassionate chapters:

1. What is Suicidality?

Understanding suicidality as a gradient and learning language that brings safety, clarity, and support.

2. What Our Brains Are Doing

Why suicidal thoughts can surge during overwhelm, and what your brain is trying to communicate.

3. Creating a Safety Plan

A compassionate and neurodivergent-affirming plan of supports, cues, and comforts to help you navigate moments of overwhelm.

4. Crisis Moment Tools

Strategies to interrupt overwhelm, steady your nervous system, and ride out intense moments with safety and support.

5. External Support Resources

Ways to reach out—hotlines, warm lines, peers—and how to access help while honouring your autonomy.

6. Creating a Hope Box

Assembling grounding tools, reminders, and supports to reconnect you to safety and meaning.

7. Building in Friction

Clear strategies and scripts for reducing access to means in ways that protect both safety and autonomy.

Important Note Before You Begin

This workbook is an educational and reflective resource.

It’s designed to help you understand and plan for safety in a way that honors autonomy and neurodivergent experience.

It is not a substitute for therapy, clinical care, or crisis intervention, and it does not guarantee safety.

If you are in immediate danger or unable to stay safe, please reach out to a trusted person or crisis service.

Clinicians using this plan should do so within the scope of their professional training and ethical guidelines.

While the workbook is freely offered for educational and support purposes, Neurodivergent Insights is not responsible for outcomes arising from independent use.