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Sensory Differences in Autistic Adults
TL;DR The scale: Sensory processing differences show up in the vast majority of autistic adults, and for many, they intensify with age rather than fading. The gap: Almost all sensory processing research and intervention was built for autistic children. Adults,...
What Determines Whether Neurodivergent Disclosure Helps or Hurts
How organizations quietly decide whether neurodivergent employees are punished or rewarded for being honest about who they are. TL;DR The gap: Neurodivergent adults make up 15-20% of the population, yet 85-90% experience unemployment or underemployment, not because of...
Why So Many Autistic Adults Are Diagnosed Late and Misdiagnosed First
TL;DR One in four autistic adults, and one in three autistic women, have been given at least one psychiatric diagnosis before autism that they now consider a misdiagnosis. Personality disorders, anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue or burnout-related conditions...
What Actually Makes Workplaces Work for Neurodivergent Employees
Part 3 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR Physical workplace adjustments, particularly around sound and light, have meaningful impact on neurodivergent employees’ performance, wellbeing, and occupational longevity, though the research base is still developing Employer...
Why “Good for Business Isn’t Good Enough: The Limits of the Business Case for Neurodiversity
Part 2 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR The “business case” for neurodiversity, the argument that including neurodivergent employees benefits organizational performance, is a common and sometimes useful tool, but it has serious limitations. Relying on it exclusively...
What Neurodiversity in the Workplace Actually Means (And Why Most Organizations are Missing It)
Part 1 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR The scale: Up to 17-22% of the workforce is neurodivergent, yet unemployment and underemployment among this group remain persistently high. The gap: Neurodiversity is increasingly recognized as a dimension of workplace...
Neuroaffirming Therapy Is the Therapy Gap Few Are Talking About
TL;DR The problem: Most therapy for autistic and neurodivergent people was designed by and for neurotypical brains, and research now shows it frequently causes harm rather than healing. The shift: Neuroaffirming therapy starts from a fundamentally different premise,...
It’s Not Defiance. It’s Survival
Understanding the PDA profile in children and adults TL;DR What it is: PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is a profile within the autism spectrum where everyday demands trigger a profound fight, flight, or freeze response in the nervous system; not a behavioural...
When Traditional Workplaces Don’t Fit: Why Neurodivergent Professionals Are Choosing Entrepreneurship
And how to know if self-employment might be your path forward TL;DR The Big Idea: Many neurodivergent professionals struggle in traditional workplaces not because they lack ability, but because conventional work structures don’t accommodate how their brains work....
Why “How Do You Feel?” is Such a Hard Question: A Guide to Alexithymia
TL;DR The Quick Version What it is: Alexithymia is a way of processing the world where identifying and describing internal emotions feels difficult or impossible. Why it happens: For many autistic and ADHD people, the brain focuses more on external facts or physical...