Autism and Suicide: Why the Risk Is So High, and Why It Is Preventable
Content noteThis article discusses suicide and suicidal thinking, and it includes my own experience of losing a parent to suicide….
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Why Autistic People Do Not Realise They Are Sick Until It Is Serious
If you are autistic and you tend to work through illness until you collapse, the reason is not poor discipline…
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AuDHD, Autism, ADHD and the LGBTQI+ Community: What the Research Actually Shows
Curiosity sparked this one. Pride Month got me thinking about something I had noticed anecdotally for years but never actually…
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Autistic Meltdowns at Work: What Leaders Need to Know and Why the Research Should Change How You Respond
Nearly 70% of autistic individuals experience the crisis behaviours associated with meltdowns (Soden et al., 2025). A significant proportion of…
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What Does the Research Actually Say About Supporting Neurodivergent Employees at Work?
If you have searched for research-backed guidance on how organisations can support autistic and ADHD employees, you will have discovered…
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Sleep, Body, and Regulation: What Seven Peer-Reviewed Papers Say About the AuDHD Nervous System
I am a late-diagnosed AuDHD adult, a researcher, and the author of Unmasking Leadership. For the whole of April 2026…
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The AuDHD Brain: What the Latest Research Actually Shows
If you have been diagnosed with both autism and ADHD — or if you are somewhere on the path toward…
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Why Women With ADHD and Autism Are Still Being Missed: What 30 Years of Peer-Reviewed Research Actually Shows
About This Series The April Research Vlog is a 30-day daily video series covering peer-reviewed academic research on autism, ADHD,…
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Why Can’t I Name My Emotions? A Complete Guide to Alexithymia in Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD
If you have ever cried in the car and had no idea why, gone to the doctor with unexplained chest…
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Why You Are Not Difficult: Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance in Adults
You have been called difficult. Stubborn. Inconsistent. Too resistant. The person who is great one day and completely non-functional the…
