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One of the most common questions I get asked online is “how can I get an assistance dog?” After doing some autism and ADHD assessments recently and suggesting to people that they may benefit from training their dog as an assistance dog, I thought I’d write about it!

Earlier this year, I received a new diagnosis, which didn’t come with the relief my autism did. I was diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). In this blog I openly share how I am experiencing and processing this diagnosis.

In this blog I share my personal and professional insight in supporting semi-speaking, both for professionals and individuals themselves.

This blog post explores an understanding of what alexithymia is, my individual experiences, followed by practical support strategies and recommended resources!

In this blog post I share my personal experiences of how I process and experience grief. As a neurodivergent individual who experiences alexithymia, I describe how I process my emotions differently and how this shows up in the context of grief.

… And with just one hour, I was feeling unable to access an ADHD assessment. I couldn’t bare the thought of going through it all again. I knew the man already thought it was a personality disorder and not autism or ADHD. I wasn’t prepared to put myself through it all again. So, I’ll continue to support ADHD myself by listening and learning to strategies and peers. I’m not ready to go through medical trauma just to be invalidated yet again.

Dear parents of AuDHD children, I want you to share your emotions, your pain and your feelings of hopelessness as the parent of an AuDHD child. I want you to talk about the grief you experienced. I want you to connect with other parents in the same situation as you… But, I also don’t, no can’t, hear about your suffering…

Self-discoveries and reflections about my PDA continue… In this blog I explore more of my PDA experiences and realisations that I have had since talking about it in therapy.

I feel quite settled with only knowing about my autism and ADHD in my adult life now, but not having my chronic illness identified earlier has absolutely sucked if I’m honest. With that in mind, here’s an overview of my experiences of intersecting neurodivergence and chronic illness.

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) can be one of the most challenging aspects of my ADHD. In this blog I discuss my experiences of RSD, where I think this comes from and how it shows up for me in everyday life.

In this blog I reflect on my experiences of PDA both in childhood and now as an adult. Through these reflections I have better understood why certain daily experiences have been challenging for me. I believe understanding PDA might be a huge piece of the puzzle I have been missing for so long…

Understanding my experiences of hyperlexia has allowed me to make sense of some of the ways that I process and understand information. My literacy skills have always been different from my peers, here’s my individual experiences of it…