Neurodivergent Resources
A collection of educational, community, advocacy, and lived-experience resources for autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, and otherwise neurodivergent people, families, and professionals. Resources include neurodivergent-led organizations, research and education, books, blogs, peer communities, advocacy organizations, and practical tools
A note about resources: These resources are provided for education, connection, and self-advocacy. This is not an extensive list of all neurodivergent based resources. Inclusion on this page does not constitute an endorsement of every statement, service, product, or clinical recommendation made by an outside organization. Information, services, eligibility requirements, and laws can change, particularly across countries and states. Always verify current information directly with the organization or relevant government agency.
Autism
Learn · Community · Lived Experience · Books · Advocacy · Parents & Families
ADHD
Learn · Adult ADHD · Practical Tools · Lived Experience · Books · Community
AuDHD
Education · Lived Experience · Community · Burnout · Practical Tools
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity 101 · Blogs · Research · Workplace · Self-Advocacy · Professional Resources
Communities & Representation
BIPOC · LGBTQIA+ · Women & Gender-Diverse · International · Other Neurotypes
Practical Support
Executive Function · Sensory Regulation · Burnout · Communication · Work & School · Accommodations · Self-Advocacy
Autism Resources
Education & Information
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) autisticadvocacy.org
ASAN is an autistic-led disability rights organization providing information about autism, self-advocacy, healthcare, education, employment, community living, supported decision-making, and disability rights.
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism thinkingautismguide.com
A large collection of writing from autistic people, parents, clinicians, researchers, and other members of the autism community. Topics include autism acceptance, masking, sensory differences, communication, mental health, diagnosis, parenting, research, and self-advocacy.
Reframing Autism Reframing Autism
An autistic-led Australian organization providing neurodiversity-affirming articles, webinars, podcasts, research summaries, position statements, and educational resources covering autistic identity, communication, support, education, parenting, and professional practice.
National Autistic Society — UK National Autistic Society
A useful UK-based source for information about autism, diagnosis, employment, education, mental health, adult life, rights, and support.
Autism Association of Australia Autism Association of Australia
Provides resources for autistic adults and families covering diagnosis, adulthood, independent living, education, employment, mental health, rights, and self-advocacy.
UCLA Autism Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Resources UCLA Autism Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Resources
A collection of resources addressing diversity and equity in autism, including racial and ethnic diversity and disparities in autism identification, research, and services.
Autistic-led blogs, writing & lived experience
NeuroClastic NeuroClastic
An autistic-led publication with articles written from autistic perspectives. Topics range from masking, burnout, sensory experiences, communication, relationships, disability, identity, trauma, and culture.
The Autistic Advocate — Kieran Rose The Autistic Advocate
Autistic-led writing about masking, burnout, trauma, autism research, the medical model, advocacy, and autistic identity.
Monotropism Monotropism
Explores the theory of monotropism, which proposes that autistic attention may be organized around strongly focused interests and competing attentional demands. The site includes explanations, research, writing, and resources.
Autism books
Unmasking Autism — Devon Price
Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder — Sarah Hendrickx
We're Not Broken — Eric Garcia
Uniquely Human — Barry Prizant
Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking
I Think I Might Be Autistic — Cynthia Kim
Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder — Sarah Kurchak
The Autistic Trans Guide to Life — Yenn Purkis & Wenn Lawson
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic — Annie Kotowicz
But You Don't Look Autistic at All — Bianca Toeps
ADHD Resources
Education & practical information
CHADD — Children and Adults with ADHD CHADD
A major U.S. ADHD organization providing information for adults, children, parents, educators, and professionals.
ADDA — Attention Deficit Disorder Association ADDA
Particularly useful for adults with ADHD. It provides education, community, peer support, groups, webinars, and practical resources.
Understood Understood
Accessible information about ADHD and other learning/thinking differences. Especially useful for executive functioning, organization, attention, school, work, emotional regulation, and everyday strategies.
ADHD blogs & creators
Black Girl, Lost Keys — René Brooks Black Girl, Lost Keys
René Brooks provides an important perspective on ADHD through the experiences of a Black woman. Her work addresses ADHD, executive dysfunction, identity, relationships, mental health, and the ways race and gender can affect how ADHD is perceived and treated.
ADHD Alien — Dani Donovan ADHD Alien
A comic-based resource explaining ADHD experiences through visual humor and relatable everyday situations.
How to ADHD — Jessica McCabe How to ADHD
A large collection of videos and practical explanations about ADHD, executive functioning, emotional regulation, motivation, relationships, organization, and everyday life.
ADHD Aware ADHD Aware
A UK organization led by people with lived experience that provides peer support, practical ADHD information, discussion groups, and neurodiversity education.
ADHDadultUK ADHDadultUK
A UK charity run by adults with ADHD for adults with ADHD. It provides evidence-based information, peer support, advocacy, an online community, videos, and articles.
ADHD books
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD — Russell Barkley
ADHD 2.0 — Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
Driven to Distraction — Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD — Sari Solden & Michelle Frank
Powered by ADHD — Amelia Kelley
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! — Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo
The Anti-Planner — Dani Donovan
AuDHD Resources
AuDHD is commonly used to describe the experience of having both autism and ADHD. The combination can create experiences that don't fit neatly into descriptions of either diagnosis alone. Neurodivergent Insights describes AuDHD as a community term for people who are both autistic and ADHD.
AuDHD blogs & creators
Neurodivergent Insights — Dr. Megan Anna Neff Neurodivergent Insights
Dr. Megan Anna Neff is an AuDHD clinical psychologist, author, and educator. Neurodivergent Insights combines clinical knowledge with lived experience and provides articles, visual guides, workbooks, videos, podcasts, burnout resources, professional education, and directories.
The blog covers:
Autism
ADHD
AuDHD
masking
burnout
sensory regulation
nervous-system regulation
executive functioning
relationships
neurodivergent identity
workplace neuroinclusion
mental health
overlapping diagnoses
AuDHD Connections AuDHD Connections
A neurodivergent-led online community created for autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, dyslexic, dyspraxic, and other neurodivergent people. It includes articles, community discussion, educational resources, courses, body-doubling, and other community activities.
Dueling Minds Dueling Minds
An AuDHD-focused nonprofit founded by Michael Ruffin, a late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD person. It provides peer support, education, community resources, and a weekly peer-support group.
Divergent Minds Divergent Minds
An Ireland-based neurodivergent service and resource hub covering autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, lived experience, and clinical perspectives. Its resource library includes educational articles and reflections.
AuDHD Australia AuDHD Australia resources
A useful Australian resource directory that points people toward AuDHD, autism, ADHD, and neurodiversity resources, including autistic-led organizations such as Reframing Autism.\
General Neurodiversity Resources
Neurodivergent Insights Neurodivergent Insights
Neurodiversity Library Neurodiversity Library
The Neurodiversity Library is an online collection of books, articles, educational materials, and other resources focused on neurodiversity and neurodivergent experiences.
Neurodivergent Narwhals Neurodivergent Narwhals
Neurodivergent Narwhals are a collection of free, printable, neurodiversity-affirming educational resources designed to make concepts about autism, neurodiversity, disability, communication, and autistic culture accessible to children, families, educators, and professionals.
NeuroAffirm Institute NeuroAffirm Institute
Their resource collection includes books, research, podcasts, blogs, and other resources from neurodiversity-affirming writers and professionals.
Neurodivarsity Neurodivarsity
A UK-based resource and blog covering autism, ADHD, dyslexia, workplace rights, diagnosis, sensory processing, masking, and neurodivergent life. It combines lived experience with research-oriented educational material.
Intersectional & Underrepresented Neurodivergent Communities
Global Institute for Neurodivergence and Disability Global Institute for Neurodivergence and Disability: A global, lived-experience-led initiative addressing neurodivergence, disability, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, accessibility, human rights, and social justice. Its work brings together Autistic, neurodivergent, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ perspectives from different communities and countries.
Together We Bloom Together We Bloom – Neurodiversity & Disability Resources
A collection emphasizing disability justice and the perspectives of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ disabled and neurodivergent writers, advocates, and creators. It also includes educational workshops and community resources.
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Provides community, advocacy, education, and resources for Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, trans people, Two Spirit people, and people of marginalized genders. The organization also addresses intersectional experiences within the Autistic community.
Autistic Girls Network Autistic Girls Network
Provides resources and community for autistic girls, women, LGBTQIA+ people, families, educators, and professionals. Its work focuses particularly on internalized and less-recognized presentations of autism and the ways masking can contribute to people being overlooked or identified later.
AANE – Intersectional Identities AANE – Intersectional Identities
Provides information about the ways autism can intersect with race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other identities, including resources for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Autistic people.
Autistic Trans Advocacy Coalition Autistic Trans Advocacy Coalition
Provides advocacy, education, and community resources focused on the intersection of autism and transgender identity.
Autism & Race Autism & Race
Resources and information examining autism through the intersection of race and disability, including resources for autistic people of color.
Autistic People of Color Fund Autistic People of Color Fund
Provides mutual aid and direct financial support for autistic people of color, with a focus on community support and the intersection of autism, race, disability, and economic inequality.
Autistic and Black Autistic and Black
Centers Black Autistic experiences, identity, community, and advocacy while highlighting the ways racism and ableism can intersect.
Black Feminist Collective Black Feminist Collective – Black Neurodiversity Resources
A collection of resources specifically addressing Black neurodivergent experiences, including autism, ADHD, race, disability, and the ways that systems can affect Black neurodivergent people.
Autistic Adults NYC Autistic Adults NYC – LGBTQ+ Resources
A resource collection for autistic adults who are LGBTQ+, including transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people. It includes community resources, disability and queer organizations, educational materials, books, and information related to gender and sexuality.
SouthCoast LGBTQ+ Network South Coast LGBTQ+ Network – LGBTQ+ Autistic & AuDHD Resource Hub
A resource hub covering autism, ADHD, AuDHD, gender identity, sexuality, late identification, autistic parents, autistic people of color, and LGBTQ+ community experiences. The materials use an identity-affirming approach and emphasize the importance of autistic and AuDHD people having a voice in resources written about them.
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