Annexe A: Extracts from Committee minutes
This annexe sets out relevant extracts from the minutes of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee throughout the inquiry. Each main heading links to a web-page that gives access to:
the agenda and public papers for the meeting
the Official Report of the meeting (public business only),
and minutes of the meeting.
12th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday 13 May 2025
The Committee considered its work programme and agreed:
to hold inquiries on Neurodivergence in Scotland and Rurality;
28th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday 2 December 2025
Inquiry into Neurodivergence in Scotland: The Committee considered its approach to the inquiry and agreed—
the terms of the inquiry
a programme of oral evidence
to undertake a visit
to undertake an informal session with those with lived experience
to take any consideration of evidence heard and draft reports on this inquiry in private.
2nd Meeting, 2026 (Session 6), Tuesday 20 January 2026
Inquiry into Neurodivergence in Scotland:
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Jim Crabb, Policy Lead and Dr Leonie Boeing, CAMHS psychiatrist and Vice Chair of the Child and Adolescent Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
and then from—
Debbie Best, Director, DIFFERabled Scotland;
Kabie Brook, Chairperson, ARGH Scotland;
Sofia Farzana, Director and Co-founder, Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics (SEMA);
Marion McLaughlin, Managing Director and Founder, Aurora Autistic Consulting;
Rachel Parker, Founding Trustee, Autistic Voices Advocating Together for Autonomous Rights (AVATAR);
Carolyn Scott, Founder and Researcher, ADHD Right Now;
Leo Starrs-Cunningham, Treasurer, Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE).