Practical tools for neurodivergent study, work, and life.
âCan you just pull something together?â can feel like a small request, but for many autistic and ADHD people it creates a huge amount of hidden work. This article looks at why vague instructions are an access issue, how our brains juggle multiple interpretations at once, and offers simple, kind scripts and questions to get clearer outcomes, deadlines and formats without feeling difficult.
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Meetings can look like âwhere the real work happensâ from the outside and like sensory and cognitive overload from the inside. This article explores why meetings are so tiring for autistic and ADHD people, shares how I cope with agendas, notes, quiet fidgets and reset time, and offers small, realistic tweaks that can make your next meeting a little less overwhelming.
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Many autistic and ADHD people naturally âgo quiet and deliverâ: we disappear into the work and only update when thereâs something concrete to show. This article explores why that happens, how it can worry managers who canât see whatâs going on, and offers tiny, realistic ways to agree check-ins and send short updates without turning into someone who lives in email.
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Time blindness isnât about not caring; itâs about time feeling slippery, even when you want to be organised. In this article I share how planning actually works for me as an autistic adult juggling work, part-time PhD study, family life and volunteering, and offer small, realistic tools to make deadlines, projects and weekday mornings a little less chaotic.
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Some days it feels like you wake up with no batteries and almost no spoons. This article looks at what âlow-spoonâ days are, how they show up in everyday life, and offers tiny, realistic tools and routines to help autistic and ADHD adults get through the essentials without burning out completely.
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Background noise doesnât have to be painful to be exhausting. In this article I share how I use noise-reducing ear plugs and earbuds as an autistic adult in open-plan offices, at Beavers and in everyday life, and offer practical, safety-aware ideas you can adapt to find what works for your own sensory system.
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Many autistic and ADHD students care deeply about their work but still feel unable to start. Drawing on my own experience of working full time, studying part time and raising a family, this article explains why studying can feel impossible and offers tiny, realistic ways to move forward without expecting a perfect student brain.
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Many neurodivergent people look calm and capable at work while quietly falling apart afterwards. This article names that pattern of âpassing as fineâ, explores why autistic and ADHD adults so often do it, and offers small, realistic ways to make work 5â10% kinder to your brain.
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Many neurodivergent people look âfineâ on the outside while quietly unravelling underneath. This start-here page explains what I mean by âquietly neurodivergentâ, who the site is for, and how to use it in a low-pressure, low-energy way.
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