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Autism & ADHD
Stay informed about neurodivergence with news and updates from clinical experts. Scientific information, evidence-based treatments, and more.


Neurodivergent Support Groups in Tennessee: How Peer Community Helps (and How to Find the Right One)
If you are autistic, ADHD, or both, you deserve a place where you do not have to explain yourself. Here is how neurodivergent support groups help -- and how to find an affirming one in Tennessee that fits you.

ScienceWorks Team
13 hours ago10 min read


Executive Function Coaching for Autistic Adults
A clinician's honest read of the evidence on executive function coaching for autistic adults — what the research shows, where the gaps are, and how to decide whether it is worth trying.

Kiesa Kelly
Jul 39 min read


Misophonia in Autistic Adults: Signs & Help | ScienceWorks
Misophonia is common in autistic adults. Learn the signs, how it differs from sensory overload and hyperacusis, why it happens, and what treatment actually helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 2612 min read


Task Initiation: Why Starting Is So Hard | ScienceWorks
Starting is the hardest part of any task for many people. Here's why task initiation stalls - and practical, coachable strategies that make starting easier.

ScienceWorks Team
Jun 2610 min read


Misophonia Accommodations at Work and School: ADA and 504
Can you actually get misophonia accommodations at work or school? A logistics guide to ADA accommodations, why a 504 plan (not an IEP) is the school route, and how an evaluation produces the documentation employers and schools ask for.

ScienceWorks Team
Jun 2513 min read


Time Blindness in Adults With ADHD | ScienceWorks
Time blindness makes adults with ADHD lose track of time and misjudge how long tasks take. Here are the external systems — and the EF-coaching maintenance layer — that make timekeeping reliable.

ScienceWorks Team
Jun 2213 min read


Executive Function Coaching Cost: Session & Monthly Rates
What executive function coaching costs: typical per-session and monthly ranges, why insurance rarely covers it, and how an FSA/HSA may help.

Ryan Burns
Jun 2211 min read


Misophonia Treatment: CBT vs Sound Therapy Compared
Compare CBT, sound therapy, and self-help coping for misophonia: how each works, what the evidence supports, and how to choose where to start.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 2114 min read


How to Choose an Executive Function Coach: A Vetting Guide
If you have decided that an executive function coach might help, the hard part is no longer admitting you need support — it is figuring out who to actually hire. Search "executive function coach" and you will find page after page of coaching companies, each one confident it is the right choice.

Ryan Burns
Jun 2013 min read


CBT for Misophonia: What to Expect | ScienceWorks
CBT is the most-studied therapy for misophonia. Here's what treatment actually involves, who it helps, what results the research supports, and how telehealth care works in Tennessee.

Ryan Burns
Jun 2011 min read


External Systems for ADHD at Work: What Actually Helps
ADHD makes follow-through hard. Learn how to build external systems and executive-function scaffolding that hold up at work, with support in Tennessee.

Ryan Burns
Jun 1911 min read


Misophonia vs Sensory Processing: How to Tell Them Apart
Misophonia and sensory processing differences are easy to confuse. Learn how clinicians tell them apart and what an evaluation in Tennessee involves.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 1913 min read


EF Coaching for College Students in Tennessee | ScienceWorks
Executive function coaching helps college students build the planning, task-initiation, and follow-through systems college stops scaffolding. What it is, how it differs from tutoring and therapy, what the evidence shows, cost, and where a formal evaluation fits.

Ryan Burns
Jun 1513 min read


Autism and Adult Sleep: Why It's Hard | ScienceWorks
Adults with autism often struggle to sleep because of a delayed, weak melatonin signal, a shifted body clock, and sensory sensitivity — not a lack of discipline. Here is the biology, what actually helps, and when to seek an evaluation.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 1513 min read


Misophonia and ADHD: Sound Sensitivity in Adults
Sound sensitivity and ADHD often overlap. Learn how clinicians tell misophonia apart from ADHD, what actually helps, and how telehealth evaluation works.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 1311 min read


EF Coaching: What a Session Looks Like | ScienceWorks
What an executive function coaching session for adults actually looks like, beat by beat: the weekly recap, skill-building, real-life systems, and accountability that ties it together.

Ryan Burns
Jun 1210 min read


Misophonia: Sound Triggers, Why They Happen & Treatment
Misophonia makes everyday sounds feel unbearable. Learn what it is, why triggers happen, and which evidence-based therapies help—and which to avoid.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 812 min read


Misophonia vs Hyperacusis vs Phonophobia: How to Tell
Misophonia, hyperacusis, and phonophobia all feel like sound sensitivity but are different conditions. Learn how to tell them apart and who can help.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 814 min read


Auditory Processing Disorder in Adults | ScienceWorks
Hearing fine but missing words in noise? Learn how auditory processing disorder overlaps with ADHD, autism, and anxiety, and where to start.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 814 min read


Executive Dysfunction That Isn't ADHD | ScienceWorks
You know exactly what to do but cannot make yourself begin. Executive dysfunction has many causes, and ADHD is only one - naming the right one changes what helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Jun 712 min read
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