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This is a simple tool that works with your nervous system, not against it. How it works: Set aside 15 minutes at a consistent time each day (ideally not right before bed, but early enough in the evening). Grab a notebook or open a document. Write down everything that'
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A data-driven look at why autism diagnoses are rising—and what it reveals about who we’ve been missing
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Autistic brains produce 42% more information at rest than neurotypical brains. That’s not a metaphor or an exaggeration—it’s what researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Toronto discovered when they measured brain activity in autistic children (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111108200710.
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Okay, so this research is pretty wild. MIT scientists found something that might help explain why our brains feel so foggy after bad sleep—and it’s especially relevant if you’re autistic or neurodivergent, since sleep struggles are so common for us. Subscribe What They Actually Found Your brain
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What the Research Actually Shows
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When Knowing Everything Keeps You Stuck If you’re stuck in what Mattia Maurée calls “Whack-a-Mole mode” in her podcast AuDHD Flourishing (check out the episode “Whack-A-Mole is Killing Us” for a deep dive into this), you know that feeling of constantly reacting to whatever’s
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A Neuroaffirming Look at Emotional Overload
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There’s something really special that happens when an autistic person and someone with ADHD come together in a relationship. On the surface, it might seem like these two neurotypes would clash. One craves predictability, the other thrives on novelty. One processes deeply and deliberately, the other jumps from thought
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The conversation around autism and ADHD is shifting, and it’s about time. For too long, we’ve approached these neurotypes through a lens of deficit and dysfunction. We’ve asked “What’s wrong?” when we should have been asking “What does this person need?” We’ve tried to fix