Growing older changes everyone. Responsibilities shift, bodies change, careers develop or end, relationships evolve, recovery may work differently and the structures that once kept everyday…
]A growing body of research suggests that autistic people experience more adversity than non autistic people. This article explores why. Research suggests that increased vulnerability…
Stress does not always look like stress. In autistic adults, an overloaded nervous system may show up as irritability, withdrawal, silence, restlessness, rigid thinking, difficulty…
A workplace can look inclusive on paper and still feel unsafe to a neurodivergent employee. There may be diversity statements, wellbeing programs, accommodations policies, and…
Autistic masking usually means hiding, suppressing, or compensating for autistic traits in order to meet social expectations. But during autistic burnout, something more complicated can…
Irritability in autistic adults can look like impatience, frustration, snapping, agitation, anger, or a suddenly much shorter fuse. But what appears on the outside does…
You interrupt someone, forget something important, react too quickly in an argument or realise that your words landed much harder than you intended. The moment…
You meet someone and suddenly they occupy an enormous amount of mental space. You replay conversations, analyse messages, imagine future interactions and notice every change…
Eating can become surprisingly complicated with AuDHD. You may forget food while absorbed in something, suddenly become ravenously hungry, struggle to decide what is tolerable,…
For some adults with ADHD, waking up is not simply a matter of feeling a little tired. The alarm goes off, you know you need…
