Category: Autism
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Interest-Based Nervous Systems: Why your neurodivergent brain won’t “just do it”
A compassionate guide to the interest-based nervous system, ADHD, autism, special interests, task initiation, and why struggling to start is not laziness.
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5 Gentle Tips to Support Unmasking
Learn what masking is, why neurodivergent people do it, and 5 gentle tips to support unmasking safely at your own pace.
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Hope in Advocacy: Embracing Diverse Paths to Change
Advocacy is a deeply personal journey, especially for those of us in the neurodivergent community. It’s a path often paved with anger, frustration, and the weight of systemic injustice. But it’s also a path that can be illuminated by hope. Different kind of hope: the hope for change, the hope that we will finally be…
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Navigating Sensory Overload: Real Tools for Real Neurodivergent Lives
Welcome to the latest discussion from the Neurodivergent Nook podcast. Today we are exploring sensory needs, sensory differences, and the overwhelm that often follows. We process the world around us constantly. However, for neurodivergent individuals, this bottom-up processing means every single input arrives all at once. We cannot simply filter out what we do not…
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Navigating Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: Tips for Understanding Your RSD
Welcome to the very first deep dive on our podcast from the Neurodivergent Nook. If you are neurodivergent, you might be intimately familiar with a sudden, overwhelming wave of emotional and physical pain following a minor criticism or perceived slight. That intense reaction has a name: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD). We are discussing it here,…
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Mindfulness for Neurodivergent People: A Practical Guide
Struggle with mindfulness as a neurodivergent person? Discover sensory-friendly tips and practical ways to find calm on your own terms.
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Processing Uta Frith’s Commentary: Why We Need to Move Forward Together
I’ve been processing Uta Frith’s recent commentary over the last few days, and I’ve finally felt ready to write about it here. It’s been a lot to take in, and I’ll be expanding on this on my website soon too. Personally, I’m one of the late-diagnosed women she talks about. Professionally, I work with children…
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“Aren’t We All a Little Autistic?” Exploring Nuance and Connection
It’s a comment that pops up in conversation more often than you might think. Perhaps you’ve heard it, or maybe you’ve even wondered it yourself: “Aren’t we all on the autism spectrum?” or “Aren’t we all a little bit autistic?” For many in our community, hearing this can feel incredibly invalidating. It’s something that often…
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Great ideas for cooking with autistic children
We have a guest post today with advice and support for cooking with autistic children from En Cuisine Cooking School. They want to help all children, of whatever age or ability, to learn to cook and to enjoy cooking. As a result, over the years they have cooked with many children who are on the autistic spectrum.…
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ADHD meltdowns and how to handle them
We have another article today on ADHD, as part of our series of ADHD resources for parents and teachers from Sarah Templeton, who owns Headstuff ADHD Therapy. Sarah is helping us to understand ADHD meltdowns and how to deal with them. Why ADHD meltdowns are not just tantrums Meltdown is a word you will find…