Partners, friends and supporters
Understand their experience. Find useful support.
Start with the person’s own priorities and preferences, then explore the topics or practical support that matter to them.
A person’s own account of their needs should come first. Traits and support needs vary, and this information is not a substitute for individual assessment.
Explore by topic
Start with what feels most relevant.
Communication differences
Different ways of expressing and understanding
Masking
Hiding differences and the effort of fitting in
Autistic or neurodivergent burnout
Exhaustion, demands and recovery
Sensory processing differences
Sound, light, touch, movement and sensory needs
Workplace adjustments
Changes to tasks, communication and working environments
ADHD
Understanding attention regulation, impulsivity, executive-function differences and how ADHD can affect everyday life.
Autism
Understanding autistic traits, sensory differences, communication, routines and patterns of thinking.
Executive function
Understanding planning, working memory, task initiation, switching attention, organisation and self-regulation.
Where next?