07/04/2025
Last week,
✨ I hosted a powerful space to share the real, raw, and revolutionary voices of autistic ADHD (AuDHD) women from our latest survey.
📖 I attended Gina Rippon’s book launch for The Lost Girls of Autism - and something profound shifted in me.
What started as an event became a deep, personal reckoning.
For years, I carried the wound sustained from an invisible condition.
My autistic traits led to being bullied, social and relational trauma, and the constant ache of being the outsider looking in.
After reviewing 120+ brain imaging studies, Gina revealed a shocking fact:
💥 Over 70% of them studied only male brains!
And in those few studies on women? They found clear neurological and behavioural differences:
💝 We may be more socially driven (though not always).
💝 We monitor our behaviours in real-time, which leads to stress, anxiety, and exhaustion.
💝 We internalise connection breakdowns and are then tortured by the pain of social rejection.
💝 We don’t “look” like stereotypes, nor do many men.
The relief was visceral. My nervous system finally exhaled.
I wasn’t imagining it. We weren’t imagining it.
And yet - centuries of unchallenged bias still shape how we’re seen, heard, supported (or not).
It shows up in our mental health, relationships, love, and sense of self.
I’ve never felt more certain I’m standing exactly where I need to be - to drive real, lasting change.
💥 That change started last week at our community event.
Now it continues as we train the professionals who diagnose and support us.
🧠 On 21st May, the first cohort of my
Scientific & Intersectional AuDHD Training Programme begins.
It’s for professionals ready to:
✅ Understand the real science behind AuDHD
✅ Move beyond outdated stereotypes
✅ Integrate lived experience into care
✅ Offer support that fits our brains, bodies, and lives
👉 Join the programme here: https://lnkd.in/e_dQazYR
If you want to be part of a movement that truly moves the needle - come with us.
Let’s make neurodivergent care fit the people it’s meant to serve.
