Neurodivergent Youth Online: Professional Needs, Capacities, and Challenges

Healthcare professionals and educators have expressed a need for greater support in guiding neurodivergent youth in their digital lives. Professionals’ perceptions of the digital needs, opportunities, and risks of neurodivergent youth, and how these perceptions are translated into their own needs for support, using a mixed-methods design consisting of online questionnaires and focus group interviews was studied. Key support needs included collaboration with parents, navigating professional responsibilities, and addressing the gap between digital knowledge and online behaviour.