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”:…
Lived Experience
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…
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…
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…