neurodivergence

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/1174435...

Reading is hard. I often want articles and PDFs for work to be read aloud while I’m doing something else. Anyone have any Android apps for this?

Thanks to whoever made this place on lemmy! It has been an important and awesome resource on reddit and NDs are the first who should leave reddit immediately since the toxic leadership decisions. It’s wonderful to see that we now have a place here!

A neurodivergent friend sent me a link to this site and I thought it’s worth sharing here for more folks to see....

Many folks in these communities mention listening to podcasts, whether utilizing them as a strategy for long drives or mundane tasks or listening more regularly....

It is one of my biggest pet peeves surrounding how people often misunderstand performance for someone with ADHD like myself. Of course everyone makes mistakes from time to time, but those with ADHD often struggle with making little mistakes, and often have to try even harder to avoid those types of mistakes. I care deeply about...

It’s even better when thou canstn’t take your mind off the project but also cansn’t get up to do the project because thou hast become too engrossed in the other task

I have ADHD diagnosed in my 30’s, and can’t seem to remember names even seconds after they are said. Sometimes I try so hard that I can’t follow the conversation because I’m focusing on repeating their name over and over so I don’t forget....

Hi all,...

This morning I’m mostly grumpy about my ADHD....

Don’t really know what to make of this…

A while ago I asked for your experiences of synesthesia and architecture, and while I sadly didn't get any responses, I thought I'd share the finished article anyway. If you still want to add your own thoughts, I'm more than happy to listen and potentially amend the article if that is what you want.

ADHD person here. And I’m just so drained from spending hours meticulously looking for (essentially) $20....

Such a huge amount of TV, and especially Movies, are geared towards a neurotypical audience....

My wife showed me a TikTok last night of a woman talking about this app, and how useful she finds it. I've just installed it on my Mac, and yeah, it looks like it could be pretty helpful....

Title not directed at anyone in particular, but rather me venting in general....

cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/882703...

I use either comic sans, or similar fonts when writing the document and forget to change it all the coments are "reformat from comic sans". Using comic sans as its easier for my dyslexic brain to read.

Autism isn't something a person has, or a "shell" that a person is trapped inside. There's no normal child hidden behind the autism. Autism is a way of being. It is pervasive; it colors every experience, every sensation, perception, thought, emotion, and encounter, every aspect of existence. It is not possible to separate the...

Howdy, fellow ADHDers. How the bloody hell do you get ANYTHING done at work?...

tl;dr I need to make a programming portfolio but I’m struggling with justifying it to my brain...