adhd
Public interest vs privacy
ADHD policy discussions withheld by Department of Health stating "the public interest is more heavily weighted in favour of maintaining the exemption of some of the documents in this request."
John Ferris
Ex-coder and Newspaper editor who has spent the past decade in the startup landscape helping founders around the world to grow and scale their businesses. Food lover. Writer. AuDHD-er.
autism
"All I did was eat cigarette butts and ornaments"
The Big Interview: Comedian Emer Maguire on her childhood eating habits, comedy and late-stage autism and OCD diagnoses
adhd
Medication at last, but it's been a costly journey
It's time to finally try ADHD medication and see if it makes any tangible difference to my day-to-day life
autism
The great drain
Masking takes an enormous amount of energy
The Big Interview: Luke Beardon
Senior Lecturer in autism at Sheffield Hallam University on language, workplace interviews and suicide
autism
The eyes (don't) have it
As we start our month long series, we hear from a young refugee; what it's like to mask all day and from an academic expert on what we know about masking
autism
You can't handle the truth
Having been involved in the startup space for more than a decade, I'm often confused with the responses I get to the feedback I deliver. The dance often goes like this "Can I get feedback on X?". Where X can come in many forms... from a
autism
I'm still just me
Going through the diagnosis process as an adult, it's easy to convince yourself that it will provide all the answers. Originally in my head it provided a single focus point. Get to the diagnosis, that's the goal. In the weeks and months that have now passed
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ADHD prescriptions increase by 42.28%
There's a lot of information out there that forms a narrative around ADHD and medication in Northern Ireland. This week, I'm keeping it relatively short (but highly nerdy) as I continue to work in the background on creating an online portal. After doing a bit of
adhd
Mind the gap: ADHD meds are another postcode lottery
Part One: Price of private prescriptions in Northern Ireland has some pharmacies charging as much as 78% more than others
adhd
Mornings are (no longer) for coffee and contemplation
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone,” goes the Big Yellow Taxi lyrics. Amen to that, Joni Mitchell. I've been singing that all morning because no one told me when I went on this neurodiversity journey that I&
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Congratulations?
I feel a little numb. Two weeks ago I received a confirmed Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. The journey to this point has been quick (or slow, depending on your outlook on life). I first approached my health insurer about my potential neurodiversity on December 13th 2023, so 125 days in