Neurodiversity Resources

General

• Neurodivergent Insights: Dr. Megan Anna Neff is a neurodivergent (Autistic-ADHD) clinician, parent, and advocate.

  • Autism Screeners for Adults

  • ADHD Screeners for Adults

  • Resource List

• Embrace Autism (find Autism screeners here and a great overall resource)

• Is This Autism by Donna Henderson , Sarah Wayland, Jamell White

• Unmasking Autism: The New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

• Am I autistic enough to count as autistic

• Neurodiversity exists on a spectrum

• Autistic Burnout

• Autistic Burnout, Explained

• “Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout

Podcasts

• Divergent Conversations

  • Divergent Conversations Episode 22 (Dr. Kiley talking about autism, grief, and pregnancy loss)

• Uniquely Human

• Two Sides of the Spectrum

Autism in Women

• Women and Autism (Neurodivergent Insights)

• We Need Better Diagnostic Tests for Autism in Women, Scientific American with Zhara Astra (article)

• The Vital Importance of Diagnosis of Autism in Women and Girls (Uniquely Human Podcast with guest Zhara Astra)

• Autism in Heels by Jennifer Cook O'Toole (book)

• Aspergirls by Rudy Simone (book)

ADHD, Autism, and Hormones

• ADDitude Magazine

  • Hormonal Fluctuations and ADHD: How Estrogen May Impact Symptoms Throughout Life 

  • Menopause and ADHD: How Estrogen Changes Impact Dopamine, Cognition, and Women’s Health

  • PMDD, Autism, and ADHD: The Hushed Comorbidity

• Mom and Mind Podcast: ADHD and Perinatal Mental Health (episode 300)

• Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome in Autism: A Prospective Observer-rated Study

Autism and Parenting

• Understanding the Unique Challenges of Autistic Mothers: Insights from recent research on autism and motherhood (Hanish, 2024, Psychology Today)

• Sensory Experiences of Autistic Mothers (Your Anxious Child Podcast, 2024, with Dr. Kiley as guest)

• Parenting as a New Autistic Mother: The Impact on Daily Living (Hanish, 2024, Neurodivergent Insights)

• Autism and ADHD Diagnoses in Motherhood (Mom and Mind Podcast, 2024, with Dr. Kiley as guest)

• Exploring the Sensory Experiences of Autistic Mothers as Occupational Beings (Moxie OT Podcast with Dr. Kiley as guest)

• A Comparative Study of Autistic and Non-Autistic Women’s Experience of Motherhood (Pohl et. al., 2020)

• A Qualitative Exploration into the Sensory Experiences of Autistic Mothers (Talcer, 2021)

• Highly sensitive parent (podcast interview with guest Elaine Aron)

• Sensory Experiences of Autistic Mothers (Two Sides of the Spectrum Podcast with guest Dr. Talcer)

Co-Occurring Health Conditions

• All Brains Belong Autistic & ADHD adults often have multiple intertwined health conditions, which ABB refers to as “all the things”; they believe treating these conditions as a group (or cluster / constellation) in order to see in more improvements in health and wellbeing.

• Exploring the Relationships Among Neurodivergence, Chronic Pain (Fibromyalgia), and Lifestyle Medicine (Uniquely Human Podcast with guest Dr. Michael Lenz, episode 97)

• Autism and Health Conditions, Neurodivergent Insights