ADHDaptive

20/08/2025

🚨 Everyone’s worried about AI stealing our brains.

But the truth? The damage was done long before ChatGPT showed up.

Social media feeds already decide:
• What we see
• What we don’t see
• How we feel about it

Instead of us choosing, the apps train us to scroll, click, and react. That’s not free thinking, that’s conditioning.

For neurodivergent people, this hits even harder. ADHD brains are wired for dopamine, and feeds are designed to hook us. That endless scroll isn’t a lack of willpower, it’s billion-dollar companies exploiting our neurology.

We panic about AI, but where’s the outrage that our attention has already been hijacked?

The real threat isn’t chatbots writing our words. It’s platforms shaping our thoughts without us even noticing.

17/08/2025

New on the ADHDaptive blog: ADHD Doodle Drops Myth #1 – “It’s not ADHD, you’re just lazy.”
This myth has done so much damage to people like me, and it’s time we called it out for what it is: completely wrong.

Read the full post here:

ADHD myths fuel stigma. This ADHD Doodle Drop busts the myth “It’s not ADHD, you’re just lazy” with ADHD facts, ADHD truth, and ADHD awareness.

15/08/2025

Access to Work says “no” to more ADHD coaching for me…

…but says I do need a support worker for:

Organisation and prioritisation

Check-ins and accountability

Looks pretty much the same thing, right?

Has anyone else had this experience with Access to Work? How did you handle it?

14/08/2025

The latest ADHDaptive Life is here… and it’s a big one.

Are workplace neurodiversity policies actually helping… or are they just for show?

I share real examples of where they fail, and practical advice for leaders who want to move beyond the PDF and make real change.

Read here → https://adhdaptive.org/2025/08/14/workplace-neurodiversity-policies/

Are workplace neurodiversity policies actually helping, or are they just PR? See where they fail and what real inclusion should look like.

04/08/2025

Most “reasonable adjustments” aren’t adjustments at all.

They’re just decent leadership.
Clear communication. Flexibility. Writing things down. Letting people work how they work best.

None of this is special treatment. It’s just treating people like people.
And when work works for neurodivergent people, it works better for everyone.

Read the full post here:
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Most “reasonable adjustments” cost nothing and help everyone. Here’s why they’re not extras—they’re just decent leadership that makes work better for all.

30/07/2025

Yes to all of this.

You’d be amazed how many employers still don’t realise that reasonable adjustments aren’t optional. They’re a legal right.

And it doesn’t have to be a big deal.
Just be human. Ask what someone needs.
And actually listen.

Flexible hours.
Clearer instructions.
Uniforms without scratchy tags.
Quieter spaces.

Most adjustments are simple.
But they make a massive difference.

Celebrate Difference ADHD have done a great job laying this out clearly.

If you manage people or run a business, give it a read and take it on board.

If you're neurodivergent and tired of explaining the basics, this might help start the conversation.

25/07/2025

ADHD and Autism aren’t excuses.
They’re explanations, and that matters.

They help us understand why things happen, so we can do better.
That’s not avoiding responsibility. That’s how we take it.

Explaining a behaviour isn’t the same as excusing it.
One leads to growth. The other avoids it.

Let’s stop confusing the two.

23/07/2025

Ozzy Osbourne had ADHD. And dyslexia. He was chaotic, hilarious, unpredictable. He didn’t hide it.

This isn’t some fan post. It’s a quiet thank you.

For being real. For making space. For showing up when it wasn’t easy.

I wrote a short tribute...because it mattered, he mattered. he still does.

Read it here:

Read this heartfelt tribute to Ozzy Osbourne—honouring his ADHD, dyslexia, and raw presence. A messy, brilliant, neurodivergent icon we’ll always remember.

22/07/2025

🧠 What’s the one ADHD struggle no one prepared you for?

For me, it’s maintaining boundaries.

Not because I don’t know what I need. I absolutely do, I have them written down so I don't forget them!

But because I hate the idea of letting people down, because I am desperate to be liked, not to have people point and laugh.

I say yes when I mean no.
I offer help when I’m already overloaded.
I rewrite emails five times, at 3.00am, trying to make sure no one feels upset or disappointed or to put right something I think has upset someone.

It’s people pleasing.
It’s RSD.
It’s exhaustion.

And it’s one of the things I’m still working on, even now.

So I’m asking, what’s something ADHD makes harder that people don’t talk about enough?

No pressure to share. But if you feel it, you’re not alone.

22/07/2025

🧠 What does it really feel like to take a QbTest for ADHD?
Not the clinical explanation. Not the theory. Just the honest, slightly sweaty, very human version.

I finally wrote about my experience of taking the QbTest at Celebrate Difference ADHD

Spoiler: it was hard. It was validating. And it gave me more clarity than I expected.

If you’ve ever wondered what actually happens in one of these tests, or whether it’s worth doing, it’s all here.

👉 Read the full post: https://adhdaptive.org/2025/07/21/adhd-qbtest-experience/

I took the ADHD QbTest as an adult at Celebrate Difference in Consett. Here's what it felt like, what the results showed, and why I'd recommend it.

21/07/2025

Ever feel like ADHD isn’t the issue… it’s the world we’re expected to squeeze into?

This one’s for every brain that’s been called “too much,” when really...

it was just too alive for the system.

15/07/2025

I didn’t become a coach.
I realised I already was one.

This blog is about that moment, the moment when I stopped chasing titles and started recognising my own way of doing things. It’s not a neat story. It’s a messy, honest look at how I found my style, trusted it, and kept learning along the way.

If you’re curious about my coaching journey, this one’s for you.

📖 Read it here:

Filming myself for the AoCC diploma showed me something surprising—I was already a coach. A coaching journey of growth, reflection, and finding confidence.