Balancing the Experience of Being a Neurodivergent Academic
The AuDHD Academic I came across this paper today and really enjoyed reading it: Kattari, S. K., & Erickson, D. (2025). “If you’re asking for my diversity, you’re asking for all of me”:…
Living and Working with AuDHD: Understanding the Dual Experience of Autism and ADHD
I’ve been pondering this for a while, how to communicate to co-workers what my lived experience is like and how they can support me, and our collaborations, more effectively. Being…
“Can you hear me OK if I shout?”
I have been at an event recently where there were microphones available for presenters in a large lecture theatre but many presenters would not use them. It’s something that I…
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
If you asked me if given the choice would I like to be neurotypical, the answer would be a definite no. Although there are challenges to being AuDHD, now that…
Advocacy
At the moment I am not ‘out’ about my AuDHD identity. I have disclosed to my line manager and one close friend who is a colleague is aware. No-one else…
Autistic Adults as Critical Autism Experts
I haven’t posted since November. A combination of a very busy period at work, and some personal circumstances that meant I just didn’t have the mental space to devote to…
What are the terms ‘neurodivergence’, ‘neurodiversity’ and ‘neurodivergent’?
There is limited understanding of the terms neurodivergence, neurodiversity, and neurodivergent. As an autistic person I could be accused of being a pedant about detail and accuracy, but I do…
Advice for Aspiring Autistic Academics
I review two research articles about autistic academics by Professor Sandra Jones. The characteristics and motivations of autistic people can be well-suited to an academic career but barriers still exist.
Living with Stigma, and Identity-first Language
I came across an interesting journal article about autism this week. The paper is open access so will be available to all. The article is called “Autism is me”: an…
Disclosure at Work
Disclosure has been on my mind a lot recently. I haven’t really disclosed to many people and when I have there have been mixed responses. Generally positive, but of course…