Resources and links

Key Resources

These are the resources I most commonly send my clients

	Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté	This is the first full length thing on ADHD I read while I was awaiting official diagnosis – Gabor is great – all about radical self acceptance, self support and no blame. I know he does sometimes veer into slightly woo stuff, but I think he is holistically awesome and important. Also the chapters are short.
	Polyvagal Theory	Regulation of the Vagus Nerve can be helpful – more information on this website https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/
	Avoiding Toxic Productivity for ADHD by Jesse Anderson	This video really supports my view that every time you find a way to make a part of your life easier and more efficient, that the next step is to fill the space with more productivity. Similarly – your easy way to do things often will not make sense to others. And the other way round – people trying to be helpful may throw hacks at you, but that hack can be loaded with social and emotional danger. When it comes to getting things done, always remember the system is constructed to monetise your sense of inadequacy, and then make you feel shame for falling for it.
	The Solve-It Grid by Tamara Rosier, PhD	The four types of activity we all do and how we can reflect and work on creating balance – I write about it more here.

Burnout | High Performing | Giftedness (or ‘Formerly Gifted’)

	Autistic Burnout in the Workplace by Dr Kerry Chillemi
	What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before My Flaming ADHD Burnout by Les Steed
	Giftedness, Neurodivergence and Vertical Integration with Tracy Winter	Tracy is one of my mentors, and talks about her process of moving clients from being motivated by disappointing others to being motivated by values. She aligns how the ADHD/ND and the gifted (or formerly gifted) traits of a person can be a wicked combination, and how positive disintegration can help someone move forward.

Glossary and terms – you can find a more comprehensive one here

Celebrations, special interests, and play

All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors by Davina Bell

A celebration of special interests and confidence building in kids of why they like what they like and how to tell that to parents trying to get you to diversify your interests

Pregnancy, Perinatal, Immediate Post Partum

	Resources for pregnancy, perinatal and new parents	I developed this resource as a result of my own experiences during pregnancy and early parenthood. I hope they can help you too.
	PANDA – Supporting transitions for parents with neurodivergence: from pregnancy to postnatal	This was created for the medical professionals that are involved with pregnancy – I strongly recommend you get your support people to do this short set of modules.
	Expecting Better and Cribsheet by Emily Oster	Emily Oster wrote this book to combat her own frustration about how families are presented with advice for pregnancy. Emily Oster is a Economic Analyst, and walks you through how she critiques the way that data is used to shape general advice for pregnancy and baby raising – she has written further books as your child ages. Some of her analysis of topics is slightly dated and/or lacks an intersectional lens – but it helps develop your critical thinking skills in a life stage where you can be completely overwhelmed by an avalanche of information, that can be especially triggering for ADHDers and other neurodivergent parents-to-be. I wrote more on how messy following averages can get as a parent here.
	Neurodivergent Woman Podcast – episodes that cover pregnancy/parenthood – Perinatal mental health and neurodiversity – The Female Hormone Cycle – Breastfeeding and Infant Sleep – Pelvic and sexual pain	There are many useful episodes (I have not listened to every one one of these, but they are always good). I’m including the hormones one here, as they are critical to understand and support post partum.
	The Motherhood Myth is Crushing Women with ADHD – Additude Magazine	What it says on the box
	Australian Birth Stories, Neurodivergent category episodes	Useful during pregnancy – I never got round to listening pre-birth (I probably should have), but connected with them post partum
	The Autistic Doula: Navigating the Sensory Challenges of Motherhood	What it says on the box

Early Parenting (or, Sam’s Learning as She Goes Section)

	Square Peg Round Whole | Podcast | Ensuring every neurodivergent person is included at school and in the community as is their human right	Collaborative problem solving in school settings (meaning this can apply to all institutions)
	Yellow Ladybugs	Supporting neurodivergent girls and gender diverse students – also run by ND people. They have a range of fantastic resources to explore.

Resources and links (Turtles all the way down)

	Collaborating with the Enemy – How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust by Adam Kahane	This book is about conflict resolution, is super short, and is useful in a number of areas of your life. It has been really helpful for my sometimes adamant and black and white mind – and is really different to how you think it’s going to be. Adam Kahane has worked with political and diplomatic groups that really really dislike each other – and he basically thinks getting people to agree on shared values or outcomes before entering into a collaboration is utterly infuriating and pointless. I also like that he brings humility to the book about his own triggers and vulnerabilities. It reminds me of a quote from Gabor Mate about when he has had conflict in his own marriage: “At some point you have to decide, do I want to be right, or do I want to be married?”
	The Occuplaytional Therapist Linktree	This OT is I think from the US but has recently moved to Australia. They are fantastic for understanding regulation, the nervous system, your brain, your kid’s brain, your friend’s brain. Brains. Also how not to be so hard on yourself. Any topic you’re thinking of? There’s probably either a direct or tangential post. They’ve collected their best of here at a low low price. Worth it.
	Struggle Care – KC Davis	From the author of How To Keep House While Drowning – I love her approaches to reducing shame, and being realistic.
	Dr Devon Price	This is their linktree – a key essay linked here is “I Am Pathologically Demand Avoidant, It Rules“
	CHADD ADHD Information Library	Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) is one of the go-to places for ADHD Research and advocacy – US based

Intersectional and community care and advocacy

	Victorian Inclusive Practitioners	This is a list of therapists and health practitioners in Victoria, Australia, who have expertise, training, and/or lived experience in various marginalised social groups. This includes LGBTQIA+, neurodiversity, sex work, kink and BDSM, non-monogamy, immigrant and/or asylum seeker, disability, specific ethnicity and/or religion, and other elements of identity or practice.
	Abolition Centered Care Provider Database	US-Centric – collective resource of abolition-centered, non-carceral care providers (therapists, social workers, peer supporters, healers) that are dedicated to providing care outside of oppressive systems (i.e. law enforcement, forced hospitalization, the psychiatric industrial complex).
	Community Resources from Hanweera Manthri	I have only recently come to this therapist’s resources page, but its community-based, mutual aid and decolonising vibe looks great – I have not looked through all of these links so I support the vibe but am not going to vet them all for you.
	Pola Practice Community Directory	Directory to reduce the barriers in engaging with mental health support for those with marginalised identities. This list incorporates culturally responsive therapists, many of whom who are Therapists of Colour.
	Our Directory	Community Generated Directory of mental health practitioners available to Mob, Maori and BIPOC.
	Nobody Worse Off Harm Tracker	This form collects information about how the NDIS reforms are hurting people. You can fill this in if you are a participant, disability professional, NDIS provider, or carer. Your answers will help show the real impact of these changes.
	Partnering with consumers – Guidelines from the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Healthcare	One of a few regulated areas to learn about shared decision making in health care and advocacy. Learning your rights as a patient/client is essential to ND folk.
	Embrace Autism	This website provides paid professional assessments, but more interesting are their guide of all manner of clinical screening tests that are used for Autism assessments, along with a commentary
	Deaf and Hard of Hearing Practitioner list	Psychologists and counsellors – list is updated by others so check in if you want a more recent one.

Co-occurring conditons – Support

	Australian POTS Foundation	Resources on how to talk to doctors about your symptoms, factsheets, and other handy info.
	Australian EDS & HSD Network Resource page	Links to useful resources and information – including info for other autonomic conditions such as MCAS, POTS, hypermobility etc etc etc

Money

	Money Smart Cost of Living Help	Includes different templates and calculators, and a link to free financial counselling
	Your Money Story	TBC