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charlene
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AuDHD Routine and Variety: Why Autism and ADHD Pull in Opposite Directions
Autism asks for routine and ADHD asks for variety, and most advice picks a side. Here is a tentative third answer, a seasonal pattern one AuDHD founder is noticing.
A Reasonable Adjustments Request Email You Can Send Before You Sign Up, Book or Buy
A reasonable adjustments request does not have to wait until something has already gone wrong. Most people send one after a missed deadline or a failed call, once the system has already shown its real shape.
The Crash After Finishing Something Big: What I Call the Completion Hangover
The crash after finishing something big gets read as laziness or ingratitude, when it may be the quiet that follows the structure leaving. Here is what I notice, and the landing plan I am trying before the next finish.
What a West African Griot Tradition Has to Do With My Sunday Newsletter
On the first day of Black History Month, why writing my ordinary week down every Sunday is the same act West African griots practised, not a costume borrowed from it.
When the Light Changes, Change the Plan
The darker months change more than the clock. For some of us, concentration is the first thing they take.
I Learnt to Code With Coding Black Females. This Month I Speak at CBF Fest.
CBF Fest 2026 runs on 25 and 26 September. Years before that invitation landed I was sitting in a Coding Black Females learning room as a beginner. What a room does that a tutorial cannot, and what is in the talk.
Late Autism Diagnosis as an Adult: What the Report Changed and What It Did Not
A late autism diagnosis as an adult usually turns up in the post, on an ordinary afternoon that does not adjust itself to make room. What the report actually does is relabel your history. Nothing in the past changes, only the heading each part gets filed under.
Unmasking at Work as a Neurodivergent Founder: I Changed Uniforms, Not Careers
Unmasking at work is usually described as a feeling. Mine turned out to be an admin job: I wrote down four names, gave each one a day of the week, and the performance had nowhere left to stand.
Slow Intentional Business Building, When Nobody Chose It
Slow intentional business building is usually sold as a decision. Mine was not. Slow was the only speed left in the room after my plan broke, and this is what got built at that speed, written without the triumph shape.
Building a Business With an Ileostomy: What Nobody Puts in the Recovery Leaflet
My own account of building a business with an ileostomy. The wardrobe I have not cleared out, the week I popped my stitches, and why the word is grief rather than adjusting. It does not end neatly, and I would rather say so at the top.
Unmasking Autistic Business: How to Build From Your Real Self
You've spent years masking at work. Here is what it actually takes to unmask and build a business that is finally, actually yours.
Running a Business With Fluctuating Capacity: How to Design One That Holds
Running a business with fluctuating capacity means accepting one fact early: some months you will not be able to do the work. Chronic illness moves, neurodivergent energy moves, caring responsibilities move, and none of them check your launch calendar first. The question is not how to stop the bad months. It is what a bad month is allowed to take with it when it comes.
Adult ADHD Diagnosis as a Founder: Where to Start Rebuilding Your Business
Got your ADHD diagnosis mid-build? Here is how to start the founder rebuild with honesty, the right framework, and systems designed for your actual brain.