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Autism & ADHD
Stay informed about neurodivergence with news and updates from clinical experts. Scientific information, evidence-based treatments, and more.
Misokinesia: When It's Movement, Not Sound, That Sets You Off
Misokinesia is sensitivity to seeing others fidget. Learn how it differs from misophonia, ADHD, and autism, and what an evaluation can clarify.
Kiesa Kelly
2 hours ago14 min read
Dyspraxia in Autistic Adults: The Coordination Difficulties Nobody Assessed
Motor coordination is rarely assessed in adult autism evaluations. What dyspraxia looks like in autistic adults, how it is assessed, and what helps.
Kiesa Kelly
1 day ago14 min read
When Coaching Has Not Worked Before: What Usually Needs to Change
Executive function coaching did not help the first time? Four things worth checking, and what to change before trying again.
ScienceWorks Team
1 day ago13 min read
Decision Fatigue: Why Small Daily Choices Feel Heavier by Evening
Why small daily choices feel heavier by evening, what the research on decision fatigue actually shows, and which practical scaffolds hold up either way.
ScienceWorks Team
2 days ago14 min read
When Your Child's Regulation Tools Stop Working: How to Rotate Instead of Starting Over
The calming strategy that worked last spring does nothing now. How to tell ordinary development from a change worth evaluating, and how to rotate.
Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago14 min read
PDA in an AuDHD Child: When Demand Avoidance Sits on Top of Both Profiles
PDA is not a diagnosis. In an AuDHD child, the same refusal can come from two places - and supports that help one profile can backfire on the other.
Kiesa Kelly
5 days ago13 min read
ADHD and Sleep Apnea: The Overlap That Gets Missed in Adult Evaluations
Untreated sleep apnea can produce an attention profile that reads as adult ADHD. Here is how a thorough adult evaluation rules it out first.
Kiesa Kelly
6 days ago14 min read
Executive Function Coach, Executive Function Therapist, ADHD Coach: What Each Title Actually Means
In Tennessee, 'ADHD coach' is unregulated and 'therapist' alone is not protected; the license behind it is. What each can assess, diagnose, treat and bill.
Ryan Burns
6 days ago13 min read
AuDHD Routines: Building Structure When ADHD and Autism Overlap
Routines fail when ADHD and autism overlap because the two pulls want opposite things. Build one around the conflict, and know when to get evaluated.
Kiesa Kelly
6 days ago13 min read
ADHD Waiting Mode: Why One Appointment Eats the Whole Day
Waiting mode is a community term, not a diagnosis. What it is, how it differs from ADHD paralysis and anticipatory anxiety, and what actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 516 min read
Interoception: When You Can't Tell Hunger From Anxiety From Overload
Interoception is the sense of your body's internal signals. Learn why hunger, anxiety, and sensory overload get confused, and what an evaluation looks at.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 415 min read
Behind the Wheel With ADHD: Attention Lapses, Crash Risk, and What Reduces It
What research actually shows about ADHD and crash risk, the mitigations with real evidence, and when an adult ADHD evaluation is the better next step.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 314 min read
What Parent Training Costs and How Many Sessions It Takes
How many parent training sessions it takes, how long a course runs, what published sources say it costs, and exactly what to ask your insurer.
Ryan Burns
Sep 313 min read
Free AuDHD Tests Online: What Self-Screeners Can and Can't Tell You Before an Evaluation
Free AuDHD tests online bundle the AQ-10 and ASRS-5. See what those two screeners can and cannot tell you before a full evaluation.
ScienceWorks Team
Sep 214 min read
Autistic Meltdown vs Shutdown: How to Tell Them Apart
Shutdown and meltdown are two endpoints of the same sensory overload. What separates them, what each one signals, and when an evaluation helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Aug 3112 min read
Does Misophonia Get Better? What Improves and What Doesn't
Misophonia is not something you cure, but it can improve. What the outcome research shows about reduced reactivity and realistic expectations.
Kiesa Kelly
Aug 2913 min read
Intolerance of Uncertainty in Autistic Adults: The Engine Behind a Lot of What Gets Called Anxiety
Why unpredictability drives so much autistic anxiety, how it differs from GAD and OCD, and what an autism-informed evaluation changes.
Kiesa Kelly
Aug 2613 min read
Requesting Accommodations When You Present as Capable: Documenting a Gap Instead of a Global Deficit
You can request accommodations even when your performance looks fine. How to document a specific gap, not a global deficit, and what the ADA requires.
ScienceWorks Team
Aug 2514 min read
Do You Need a Formal Autism Diagnosis? What Self-Identification Does and Doesn't Unlock
What self-identification already gives you, where documentation is actually required, and how to decide if a formal autism diagnosis is worth it.
ScienceWorks Team
Aug 2412 min read
What Your S-Five Misophonia Score Means: Severity, Impact, and What Comes Next
What an S-Five misophonia score means: the 0-250 range, the five subscales, the validated 87 cutoff, and why your profile matters more than the total.
Kiesa Kelly
Aug 2413 min read
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