If you're AuDHD, you might have noticed that your brain seems to want routine and reject it at the same time. That's because the autistic need for structure and the ADHD need for spontaneity can pull in opposite directions. So when a rigid schedule falls apart by day three, you're not failing. The framework just wasn't built for a brain that holds both. In this post, we explore why replacing "routine" with "ritual" can honour both parts of your brain, and what that looks like

If you've been exhausted for longer than you can remember - not just tired, but depleted in a way that sleep doesn't fix - you might be experiencing something that has, until recently, been almost invisible in clinical conversations: autistic burnout. It's a term autistic adults have used for years in their communities, long before researchers caught up. And now there's a growing body of evidence that autistic burnout is a real, distinct phenomenon - different from regular

Autistic burnout rarely arrives out of nowhere. It tends to build slowly - sometimes over weeks, sometimes over months or even years - until one day you realise you can barely function and you’re not entirely sure how you got here. We’ve written before about what autistic burnout is and how to recover from it , but something we hear often from clients is: “I wish I’d caught it earlier.” This post is about exactly that - learning to recognise the early signs so you can respon

In December 2025, the Psychology Board of Australia will implement a significant update to the core competencies required for general...