
Working memory and ADHD
The working memory issues that come with ADHD and other types of neurodivergence are frustrating. Working memory is short-term memory, the kind you use to remember a phone number someone

The working memory issues that come with ADHD and other types of neurodivergence are frustrating. Working memory is short-term memory, the kind you use to remember a phone number someone

It’s not always a win to ‘get out of your comfort zone’ and go to a social thing when you don’t feel like it. One of the skills I’ve honed

Some entrepreneurs launch their business in a flurry of spontaneous conversations and ‘that’ll do for now’ ideas. They find a fast route to bringing in some revenue, and figure out

If you’d told me ten years ago that understanding my attentional style would be totally transformative down the line, I’d have been quite underwhelmed. I would have wanted my transformation

‘Don’t overthink it‘, they said. And the panic rises… if this is overthinking, how do I just do thinking? When someone tells me not to overthink it, it can bring

Foundational concepts of neurodiversity Neurodiversity Movement A social justice movement that advocates for the acceptance, inclusion, and rights of neurodivergent individuals. It originated in autistic self-advocacy groups, and it

When I first heard about executive functioning challenges, it was like someone had switched on the lights. Areas of my life that I’d struggled with so much, but seemed trivial

Masking in the context of neurodiversity is when a person suppresses or changes their behaviour to conceal neurodivergent traits that might attract judgement or negative attention. It’s a way of

Lots of people – including neurodivergent ones – love the word ‘neurospicy’ as a replacement for ‘neurodivergent’. If that’s you, crack on. The following is my personal opinion, rather than