Why nearly-equal custody time doesn’t mean nearly-equal impact on a PDA child’s nervous system TL;DR What’s happening: Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile within the autism spectrum where everyday demands can trigger a genuine fight, flight, or freeze...
Why fatigue, disengagement, and inconsistent output at work are often the visible edge of an invisible cost. TL;DR The reframe: When performance slips, most organizations ask “how do we fix this employee?” A more accurate question is how much of that employee’s energy...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
The Gradual Slide into Isolation It’s Saturday morning at the local playground. Emma (pseudonym) hoped this would be a simple outing; a chance for her three-year-old, Liam, to play, and for herself to connect with other parents. But within minutes, Liam begins...
Why Neurodivergent Families Need a Different Approach to Discipline “You just need to be more consistent.” If you’re a neurodivergent parent, or parenting a neurodivergent child, you’ve probably heard this advice more times than you can count. It’s the go-to mantra of...