30 Days of Research — Free Printable Summary

Description

Autism Awareness Month

This free printable is the companion to the April Research Vlog Series — 30 days of peer-reviewed research on autism, ADHD, and neurodivergence, made accessible.

Every day in April, late-diagnosed AuDHD researcher and author Nicola Knobel went deep into the academic literature to look at what the science actually says about women, ADHD, autism, and the brains we have been told are rare. This printable puts the whole month on one document — every day, every topic, every key finding, and every APA reference.

What is inside:

Week 1 — Why Women Get Missed: the research gap, overdiagnosis myth, masking in assessments, ADHD in girls and women, why autism looks different in women, the misdiagnosis trap, and the medication gap.

Week 2 — The AuDHD Brain: what AuDHD actually means, brain imaging, AI and diagnostic bias, the gut-brain connection, autism genetics, why AuDHD co-occurs, and circadian rhythm as neurobiology.

Week 3 — Sleep, Body and Regulation: sleep and chronotype, ADHD and anxiety, ADHD and addiction, hyperfocus and burnout, exercise and emotional regulation, music and autism, and robot hugs and research ethics.

Week 4 — Identity, Language and Community: autistic identity and language data, autistic thriving, ageing with autism, late diagnosis and identity recalibration, mind wandering, TikTok and self-diagnosis, and online health information quality.

Week 5 — Workplace Stress: 60 years of role stressor research and what it means for neurodivergent workers, and what the ADHD and autism at work research actually supports.

This printable is for you if: You watched the series and want a reference you can return to. You are newly or recently diagnosed and want a starting point for understanding the research. You work in HR, leadership, health, or education and want a credible, accessible summary to share. You are a late-diagnosed woman who has spent years being told the research did not apply to you.

It is free. Download it, pin it to your wall, scribble in the margins, send it to the friend who needs it.

About the series The April Research Vlog Series was created and hosted by Nicola Knobel — late-diagnosed AuDHD researcher, author of Unmasking Leadership, and creator at @nikiknobel. Every paper in this printable is peer-reviewed and cited in full APA 7th edition