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Building Support From Scratch: A Guide for Neurodivergent Adults Without a Ready Family or Friend Network

Five Learnable Behavior Patterns Behind Lasting Success and Happiness

How Hormones Shape ADHD and Autism in Women, Across a Lifetime

Radical Acceptance: Freedom Comes From Embracing the Pain

Defusion: How One ACT Technique Works With the Neurodivergent Nervous System, Instead of Against It

Polyvagel Techniques and Nervous System Regulation

Rejection Sensitivity and Dysphoria

Tracking Anger and Triggers

What’s new in the fields of mental health and neurodivergence

Neurodiversity and mental health in adulthood: exploring the unique contributions of autism and ADHD to internalising problems

Study suggests profile of people diagnosed with ADHD and autism has changed over the past decade

Neurodivergence in Mental Health Research A Scoping Review (Link to Abstract)

APSARD President Brooke Molina, PhD, on the Case for Adult ADHD Guidelines

Study of 1.9 million people finds a striking link between ADHD and gut problems

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder traits are a more important predictor of internalising problems than autistic traits

Helpful Downloadable Resources

Mindful Breathing

Dealing With Negative Emotions

Convenient Links To Useful Offsite Resources

Monsters On A Boat (Acceptance exercise)

The Chessboard Metaphore (Acceptance exercise)

The Struggle Switch (Acceptance exercise)

ADHD and Driving (Informational article)