Neurodiversity (in)justice:learnings for Australia from international approaches to supporting neurodivergent people in justice facilities

To function in a world developed for neurotypical people, those who are<br/>neurodivergent sometimes require additional support, modified expectations, or environmental adaptations. While international evidence indicates a high prevalence of neurodivergent people within criminal justice systems, often their needs are not recognised or supported adequately by these systems. Instead, we see the challenges for neurodivergent people exacerbated, given the stressors of criminal justice environments and the lack of awareness or capacity to<br/>accommodate individual needs. As the recent Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has described, there is urgent reform required across Australia to ensure the rights of people with disability are upheld in our criminal justice system.<br/>This article utilises learnings from prisons and youth detention centres<br/>in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, and<br/>Aotearoa New Zealand to make recommendations for the current<br/>Australian criminal justice context.