ADHD &
AUTISM
- Autism Screeners (recommended CAT-Q and RAADS-R)
- Article: Going Beyond the Catch-22 of Autism Diagnosis and Research. The Moral Implications of (Not) Asking “What Is Autism?” - Jo Bervoets and Kristien Hens
- Blog post: Monotropism: The Most Accurate Autism Theory You’ve Probably Never Heard Of - James Ward-Sinclair
- Blog post: Me and Monotropism - A Unified Theory of Autism - Fergus Murray
- Blog post: Revisiting Monotropism - Patrick Dwyer
- Article: Attention, Monotropism and the Diagnostic Criteria for Autism - Dinah Murray, Mike Lesser, & Wendy Lawson
- Book: Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity - Devon Price
- Article: Autism As a Disorder of High Intelligence
- Article: Autistic Peer-To-Peer Information Transfer is Highly Effective (Evidence for the Double Empathy Problem)
- Article: The Female Autism Phenotype and Camouflaging: a Narrative Review
- Article: Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a “leaky” recruitment-to-research pipeline
- Essay: Autism as a Social Construct - Frank L Ludwig
- Channel: How to ADHD
- Book: ADHD 2.0 Hallowell and Ratey
- Article: How Evolutionary Thinking Can Help us to Understand ADHD - Swanepoel et al.
- Article: What do general practitioners know about ADHD? Attitudes and knowledge among first-contact gatekeepers: systematic narrative review
- Article: Genomic analysis of the natural history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using Neanderthal and ancient Homo sapiens samples - Esteller-Cucala et al.
- Article: Diamond Model of Executive Functions
- Article: Wrong Brains at the Wrong Time? Understanding ADHD Through the Diachronic Constitution of Minds
- ADHD Treatment and Management Guidelines UK
- ADHD Treatment and Management Guidelines Australia
ABILITIES
- Dabrowski Center
- Blog post: What is giftedness?
- Intergifted
- Gifted-adults.com
- The Origins and Conceptual Evolution of Overexcitability
- Book: Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration - Kazimierz Dabrowski
- Book: The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius - Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
- Podcast: Positive Disintegration Podcast
DIAGNOSIS
MENTAL
HEALTH
- Article: Interpersonal Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress in Autistic Adults - Reuben et al.
- Article: ‘‘Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew’’: Defining Autistic Burnout
- Article: “People like me don’t get support”: Autistic adults’ experiences of support and treatment for mental health difficulties, self-injury and suicidality
- Article: “I wouldn’t know where to start”: Perspectives from clinicians, agency leaders, and autistic adults on improving community mental health services for autistic adults
- Podcast: The Neurodivergent Woman
- Article: The Relationship between Autism and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes / Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
- Video: Autism Trauma and PTSD - What’s The Overlap? Autism From The Inside
- Video: In conversation about Autism, Trauma and Dissociation with Dr Mike Lloyd and Katherine Reuben
- Workbook: The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills - Sonny Jane Wise
- Blogpost: The Living Hell of Emotional Flashbacks
- Book: Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker
- Book: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson
ENGAGE
Neurodiversity-Affirming Directories
Affirming Practitioners & Advocates
Community
- Facebook: Autistic Adults with ADHD
- Facebook: Gifted Adults (secular)
- Facebook: Neurodivergent Venting Crew
- Facebook: Autistic/ADHD Women (AFAB/NB/Trans inclusive) Australia
- Facebook: Autistic Researchers Researching Autism (ARRA)
- Facebook: Neurodiversity Affirming Psychologists Australia
- Facebook: The OTHER Way
- Facebook: Adult PDA Support Network
- Facebook: The NEW Lighter-Side of PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
- Reddit: r/aspergirls
- Reddit: r/ADHDmeme
- Reddit: r/autisminwomen
- Reddit: r/aspiememes
- Reddit: r/autisticadults
- Reddit: r/ADHDwomen
Support
Crisis Support
- Call 000 in an emergency
- Call Lifeline on 13 11 14
- Call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 (if aged under 25)
- Call 1800 RESPECT for sexual assault, domestic and family violence, and abuse support
Government Support
Advocacy
Non-Profit Agencies
