Reflection and research design
Conceptual discussion, participatory development, cognitive interviewing, feasibility work and carefully bounded educational reflection.
Research and tools
The Positive Spectrum Model
A developing non-clinical framework for describing patterns across attention, perception, sensory experience, regulation, executive function, communication and creative process—without reducing difference to a single deficit scale.
Public position
A language for reflection, not a verdict about identity.
The Positive Spectrum Model is intended to support structured self-reflection and research conversation about neurocognitive variation. It treats profiles as multidimensional, contextual and capable of containing both strengths and friction.
At its current stage, the PSM may be discussed as a conceptual and educational framework. It must not be represented as a clinically validated diagnostic, a substitute for formal assessment or a means of deciding who is or is not neurodivergent.
Diagnosis or individual scoring claims
Clinical conclusions, eligibility decisions, treatment advice, predictive claims or interpretation of an individual as normal, impaired or disordered.
Development pathway
Validation must precede interpretation.
Publication of a framework and validation of a measurement instrument are different stages of work.
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Concept and construct definition
Clarify domains, intended uses, boundaries, terminology and the relationship between PSM constructs and existing scholarship.
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Participatory content review
Work with neurodivergent contributors, practitioners and researchers to test relevance, comprehensibility, burden and missing perspectives.
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Pilot and psychometric study
Pre-register analyses and examine structure, reliability, measurement error, validity, responsiveness and differential item functioning.
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Independent replication and governance
Establish version control, permitted interpretations, data protection, researcher training and a clear route for correction before broader use.
The NSQ-89 is not a public diagnostic or self-diagnostic questionnaire.
The current Neurocognitive Spectrum Questionnaire is reserved for ethically reviewed research and instrument-development work. No public score, threshold, neurotype classification or clinical interpretation is offered. Any future study should use informed consent, appropriate data governance, a pre-specified analysis plan and a route for participant support.
Public-facing education may draw on broad PSM themes, but should not present NSQ-89 results as evidence of diagnosis, impairment, treatment need or personal identity.
Academic partnership
Seeking critical collaboration, not endorsement.
Partnership enquiries are welcome from researchers and institutions able to challenge, refine and test the work.
Neurodiversity and creativity
Conceptual framing, material and social affordances, creative cognition, masking and participatory research.
Measurement science
Content validity, structural validity, reliability, cross-cultural relevance, responsiveness and responsible interpretation.
Ethics and implementation
Consent, burden, accessibility, data protection, governance, researcher training and public communication.