There’s some useful information here, but….

Anything that describes neurodivergence as ‘linked to a chemical imbalance in the brain’ is a 🚩 for me. It tells me the analysis comes out of a mechanistic & medical framing of experience that sees difference as deficit & is often not grounded in evidence. It says ‘the doctor is the authority on your experience & if you don’t agree you are wrong’. Also flags that somewhere along the line, medication will be offered as the answer.

Many of us have learned to interpret our experience only through framings offered by medicine & psychology that see their own maps as truth & the concepts they use to navigate them as material, objective, verifiable things. Like every map these illuminate some aspects of our experience while obscuring others. Like all dodgy science they forget that their concepts are not things, but ‘tools to think with, until we find something better’.

Let’s start by meeting each other where we are in terms of making sense of our experiences, then expand our understanding by listening to how our peers describe what their neurodivergence is like, for them, from the inside. Listening helps us to be kinder to ourselves & each other.

Let’s be aware of the assumptions that reside in the framings we use to make sense of our stories, & learn to hold our concepts loosely so we can start to see the things our current maps don’t reveal.

We are each other’s greatest resource.

#ADHD #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergence #kindness #maps #ToolsToThinkWith

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-19/adhd-symptoms-signs-rsd-task-paralysis-hyper-focus-mental-health/104803078?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Autism: “This is my special interest. I will study it for 10 years.”

ADHD: “New hobby every week. Last week's hobby? Dead.”

Autism: “Deep expertise in one thing.”

ADHD: “Surface knowledge of 47 things.”

Living with both (AuDHD): “Expert-level knowledge about random topics you hyperfocused on for 3 months, then abandoned.”

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#neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdsupport
#autism #autismawareness #AuDHD
#mentalhealth #audhdmeme #adhdmeme

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Really need to get to bed before midnight tonight, or I turn into a gremlin or something 🤷.

I need to start reclaiming my mornings as it would be nice to get to about lunch time & actually have accomplished some thing. Just simple things maybe but things like a bit of house cleaning, going for a walk, some reading & maybe a little bit of writing & drawing.

Maybe it could boost my confidence & make it possible to volunteer somewhere, even if the local volunteering options are only charity shop work.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #MindFog #Burnout #Spoons #NoSpoons #LackOfFocus #SelfCare #Depression #Life #Sleep #SleepProblems

Life as art:

House as an extension of personhood:

Cleaning as an act of love:

Drawing & photography as expressions of emotions

#ADHD #AuDHD #CPTSD #menopause #burnout #Grapje

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“Napravila sam ti mesto za stolom”

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Sleeping cat, dead willow

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Watercolor : this is my life now

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Still Life with an octopus

Is #hyperfocus an autistic thing, or ADHD? I have both, and can't split them easily. So which is it, please? 🙏

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

You don't need AI to get info-dumped on, adopt a neurodivergent creature as a friend, today !

#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #adhd #auDHD #asd

Question to all #IT workers who also have #adhd:

How do you keep track of all the things you did on a day/week, so you don't forget half of it when the next daily/weekly meeting takes place?

I don't write tickets for all the small tasks I work on, but then I forget what I did, come the next day. 🙈

I tried notes in simple text files, hand written notes, mini-kanban in a local docker container, but _nothing_ works, so far.

Boost highly appreciated!

#adhs #organization

This duck gets me. He really gets me. Great little video explaining #ADHD in a very accessible way. Also includes a section on #AuDHD.

"thinking in twelve tabs at once" 🤣

https://youtu.be/yxsKwJbmQ9o

“A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry reveals that the biological underpinnings of autism and ADHD may transcend traditional diagnostic boundaries. While there is increasing appreciation that ADHD and autism often co-occur, the underlying shared biological features have remained largely unknown. Researchers from the Child Mind Institute and collaborating institutions discovered that autism symptom severity, rather than diagnostic classification, corresponds to distinct patterns of brain connectivity and related gene expression in children diagnosed with either autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This finding supports an evolving clinical and research landscape that aims to better define the roots of neurodevelopmental co-occurrences.”
#autism #ASD #ADHD
https://childmind.org/blog/new-study-finds-novel-link-between-shared-brain-gene-patterns/

What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
#Health #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #ADHD #Autism #Dyslexia #Inclusion #DisabilityRights #LanguageMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #The14Media #The14
https://the-14.com/what-autistic-people-and-those-with-adhd-and-dyslexia-really-think-about-the-word-neurodiversity/

Why do police officers and security guards have to be the ones to come to me when I'm in distress?! They shouldn't have any business in mental health. PERIOD. I've already been traumatized by them in the past...

#mentalhealth #actuallyautistic #adhd

Playing around a little with #Meshtastic this week with a couple of nodes, plus the portable card. 3D printed some cases too.

Cool stuff; flashing is easy, but it needs tuning for location, and I wonder how reliable it will ultimately be (it is usable). I'll probably look at getting #mqtt going on it with #OpenGarage on my existing #homeautomation setup.

#adhd brain is always thinking ahead. I wonder if I could do something with #ntfy as well 🤔

I was thinking about the phrase “twiddling one’s thumbs” and suddenly wondered - could this have been less a sign of boredom or idleness and actually a form of self-stimming for people with autism or ADHD that wasn’t recognized in those times?

#autism #AuDHD #adhd #stimming #history

@eazy Not just #RainMan. Also #BigBangTheory. Or #NapoleonDynamite. Or #Atypical. Or #HighPotential / #HPI . So many ways that #Autistic / #ADHD / #AuDHD folks have been represented in media. Not always accurate, not always positive.
#Representation #AutismIsASpectrum

From BlueSky:

A heartfelt plea, that is close to the heart of all who have *invisible* disabilities.

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

#ActuallyAutisticMemes #ADHD

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MEME - Who Would Win? First Contender: A programmed reminder that is spoken out loud by the computer every time the current time is announced until the task is completed. [Below the text is the #HomeAssistant logo] Second Contender: Severe Executive Dysfunction and Psychological Demand Avoidance. [Below the text are the Autism gold infinity symbol and the ADHD butterfly infinity symbol]

I have a drawer for things like keys, sunglasses etc. years before my ADHD diagnosis, I also had a ziplock bag with a few basic medications, band aids etc in it. Before that, I’d kept a few of everything in the little zippered pocket of every hand bag, tote bag, back pack etc, but some would be in there unused for years, hence the little bag.

Since stopping work, I’ve got out of the habit of maintaining & taking that little pack out with me.

#ADHD
#NeuroDivergent

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/10/the-adhd-brain-buddy-matilda-boseley-daily-survival-pouch?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I’m currently working on two active projects and trying to complete them. However, my tendency to get distracted by my “squirrel brain” makes it challenging to maintain focus on both projects simultaneously.

#Projects #OpenSource #ADHD

Happy #ADHD treasure season (finding lost things in your coat pockets from last winter) to all who celebrate

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Downward-shot photo of my coat pocket, LED safety light and a $5 bill