NeuroSpark Health

12/11/2025

We are so incredibly grateful and honored to announce that we are now offering services in Hawai’i. 🤙🌺

This one was a long time coming. We heard your need for autism, ADHD, and AuDHD-affirming assessments that actually make sense.

We’re so excited to offer care rooted in cultural respect, neurodivergent insight, and deep listening.

Welcome, Hawaiʻi. We’re with you. ❤️

12/08/2025

And this is EXACTLY how how most of our adult autism and ADHD assessments go: we want to hear ALL the context and details of your story. 😍

12/05/2025

12/03/2025

We chatted with Katie Arnold-Ratliff of New York Magazine for her piece— “Are You Lazy or Do You Have Pathological Demand Avoidance?”

We shared our expertise and lived experience about how so many PDAers have to power our way through demands others don’t even notice… even when our system is completely overwhelmed.

Full article available on The Cut!

12/01/2025

Yes, we might have had a good time. That doesn’t mean we’re not drained. 🫠

Being neurodivergent means you can love the moment and still pay for it later (in sensory debt, shutdowns, or silence.)

Sometimes joy is effort. And recovery is essential whether we enjoyed ourselves or not.

11/25/2025

We might be trying to listen intently to what someone is saying, but auditory processing differences can make that hard.

Our brains may organize/interpret sounds with delays, overload, or missing pieces.

This is why we may need subtitles while watching TV, or why we might lock into a small detail of someone’s story that we caught while missing the overall message.

If this feels familiar, an autism or AuDHD assessment can help you understand why it happens and what supports actually work for your brain.

11/24/2025

Tone bias means autistic people (especially Black and Brown autistic people) get read as ‘rude’ or ‘angry’ when they’re actually just being literal, direct, and totally neutral.

Then, we end up overcompensating and masking more (forcing a lighter tone, smiling more, filtering ourselves) to avoid being misperceived.

It’s exhausting.

11/20/2025

GET TO KNOW CAT! 🐱You may have seen her face a bunch on our feed, but did you know you can actually work with her as a coach? 🥰

Cat Salladin, MSW, works with neurodivergent coaching clients of all ages and backgrounds, and specializes in late-diagnosed AFAB people and those with chronic illnesses. She has experience working with individuals enduring burnout, struggling with their neurodivergent identity, exploring and accepting queerness, facing executive dysfunction, and much more!

You can book a free consultation with her on our site to determine if it’s a good fit and identify next steps!

XOXO,
NeuroSpark Health ✨

11/19/2025

For autistic and ADHD adults, this isn’t just a motivation problem; it’s a brain-process issue.

We really WANT to do the thing, and every moment that passes feels like a whole load of guilt, shame, dread, and anxiety piling up.

If this is you, we see you and recognize how hard it is, even if to the outside observer it looks like you’re not even trying. 🫂

11/17/2025

Autistic nervous systems tend to have neurobiological differences that amplify sensory and pain signals, also making the chronicization of pain more likely.

11/13/2025

It’s not always what it looks like. Understanding the “why” changes everything.

11/11/2025

Getting an ADHD diagnosis as an adult can be a huge relief to finally have a name for your lifelong struggles.

But as helpful as that is, when it feels like it doesn’t quite capture the whole story, the possibility of AuDHD enters the chat.

Could you be a part of this overlap? We can help you get the complete picture of your neurotype. Currently accepting adult clients for autism, ADHD, and AuDHD assessments!