Explore how monotropism shapes Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD attention. Dispelling myths, uncovering research and exploring why neuroaffirming support matters for our wellbeing.| Autistic Realms
August 9, 2025 Part One: Shame, Restlessness, and Erik Erikson How core wounds shape our sense of brokenness ~ and what a neurodivergent lens reveals “I realized I’m not broken. I’m different.” Some version of this line has become a kind of neurodivergent tagline. And for good reason. It’s powerful. Some really important books have […]| Neurodivergent Insights
Many live with the 'marks of the bear'—unseen pain from missed Autism or ADHD. Discover how misdiagnosis shapes mental health, identity, and healing.| Neurodivergent Insights
📚 AUDHD Art Book Project – Peer Reviewers Needed! 📚 Artist Emily June Smith is seeking participants for a one-off focus group to review an early draft of their collaborative book about growin…| Aucademy
Autistic burnout recovery often means going deeper into flow, not switching off. Find out about reclaiming rest through monotropic focus, spiral time, and m ...| Autistic Realms
Join ADHD ReWired’s Neurodivergent Queer Pride panel for Pride Month 2025. Explore masking, intersectional identities, and building community resilience.| ADHD reWired
Neurodivergent Notes: New Year Reflections Series, Part Two. Neurodivergent Notes is a Sunday Newsletter / Essay I send out to readers each Sunday. These essays tend to be more reflective, personal as I chew on current events, psychology and neurodivergence. To sign up for Neurodivergent Notes you can subscribe here. Over the past month, I’ve been […]| Neurodivergent Insights
Neurodivergent Notes: Holiday Edition, Part Three. Neurodivergent Notes is a Sunday Newsletter / Essay I send out to readers each Sunday. These essays tend to be more reflective, personal as I chew on current events, psychology and neurodivergence. To sign up for Neurodivergent Notes you can subscribe here. Over the last…| Neurodivergent Insights
Exploring masking and unmasking: reclaiming our monotropic attentional resources, reconnecting with ourselves and community| Autistic Realms
In episode 550 of ADHD reWired, Eric Tivers sits down with Dr. Shannan Palma to explore Decide—a suite of AI-powered decision-support tools built by and for neurodivergent brains. Throughout this conversation, you’ll hear about: Use ... Read moreThe post 550 | Decide Ai Tools made by and for brains like ours with Dr Shannan Palma appeared first on ADHD reWired.| ADHD reWired
Discover personal insights on autism, ADHD, AuDHD, and burnout with Eric Tivers and Dr. Shannon Palma.| ADHD reWired
Each person's experience of time is likely to be influenced by culture, age, disability and neurodivergence. For Autistic/ADHD/AuDHD people, time is an ...| autisticrealms.com
Eric Tivers, and Portia Jackson share their personal stories of late autism diagnosis, unmasking, and navigating life with both ADHD and autism. From autistic burnout to EMDR to parenting and self-acceptance, this episode of ADHD reWired is a must-listen for anyone exploring their own neurodivergence| ADHD reWired
Nobody blames a jet ski for being bad on the highway. #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAuDHD| ideatrash
Struggling to manage money with ADHD, AuDHD? In this episode of ADHD reWired, financial educator Ellyce Fillmore shares how to create dopamine-friendly financial systems that actually work for neurodivergent brains. Learn how to ditch financial shame, automate your finances, and make budgeting more enjoyable. Listen now!"| ADHD reWired
Monotropism is a neurodiversity-affirming theory of autism (Murray et al., 2005). Autistic /ADHD/ AuDHD people are more likely to be monotropic(Garau et al. ...| autisticrealms.com
This is a revised and updated version of the article I previously published with Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism ‘Supporting Your Young Person Through Autistic Burnout’ (Sep 2023). Click here to download ‘Autistic Burnout: A Family Guide‘ (137-page PDF resource) Being autistic is not an illness or a disorder in itself, but being autistic can […]| Autistic Realms
Monotropism seeks to explain Autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire This map highlights 20 common aspects of my personal monotropic experiences. How many do you experience? Where are you on the map […]| Autistic Realms
In Milan Kundera’s novel, ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ (1981), he described the heaviness of life, the restrictive oppression and boundaries that can tie us all down, yet there is freedom in the possibilities the mind can bring and in the choices we can make. We can subvert the restrictions of neuronormative society; we can, […]| Autistic Realms
“The growing cracks in the thin veneer of our “civilised” economic and social operating model are impossible to ignore”, Jorn Bettin (2021). The double empathy problem (Milton, 2012) creates a gap of disconnect experienced between people due to misunderstood shared lived experiences. It is “a breakdown in reciprocity and mutual understanding that can happen between people […]| Autistic Realms
I am autistic and monotropic, and I am interested in exploring Helen Mirra’s theory of holotropism (2023) and how this may impact flow states and regulation. Holotropism synthesises the theory of monotropism (Murray, 2005) with deep ecology and holistic anatomy. Holotropism is a: “multi-dimensional, spacious, edgeless terrain under the monotropism map…To be holotropic is to have […]| Autistic Realms
The information below will hopefully provide some clarity for anyone who has taken the Monotropism Questionnaire and are unsure what their results may mean.| autisticrealms.com
(Glossary written & and originally published for THE PDA SPACE SUMMIT 2023 ) A full version of The Neurdodiversity Affirming Glossary is now available on Amazon. This blog is an abbreviated version created for The PDA Space. Language Matters It can be really hard as a parent/carer when you discover that your children are […]| Autistic Realms
This article was originally written for and published by Neurodiverse Connection (Aug 2023) What is monotropism? The theory of monotropism was developed by Murray, Lawson and Lesser (2005) in their article, Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism. Monotropic people focus more attention and energy resources on a more limited number of channels of interest […]| Autistic Realms
Article originally written and published for Neurodiverse Connection (Sept 2023) Autistic and ADHD people are more likely to be monotropic than the rest of the population (Garau, V. et al., June 2023). This means they focus more energy and resources on fewer interests/tasks/ sensory input at any one time compared to non-autistic polytropic people. Developing a […]| Autistic Realms
This blog has been inspired by Dr Jeremy Shuman's (PsyD) presentation, 'Neurodiversity-Affirming OCD Care' (August 2023), available here. Exp ...| autisticrealms.com
Tigger Pritchard delivered a great workshop with The PDA Space where they discussed ‘The Sensory Impact of School Holidays’, which is available to watch here in The PDA Space Portal. I have also created a FREE E-BOOK ‘Building a Family Toolkit’ which is available in my shop. https://autisticrealms.com/shop/ Sensory Systems Everyone has a sensory […]| Autistic Realms
Over the past few weeks, there has been a sudden surge of interest in the Monotropism Questionnaire (MQ), pre-print released in June 2023 in the research paper ‘Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire.‘ by Garau, V., Murray, A. L., Woods, R., Chown, N., […]| Autistic Realms
Recognising the demands of transitions and finding ways to reduce the pressure for the young people you support. Original article written for The PDA Space Recognising the demands of transitions and finding ways to reduce the pressure (thepdaspace.com) July 2023. Corrina Wood (specialist autism practitioner and advisor) has created a great webinar about recognising and […]| Autistic Realms
The theory of Monotropism was developed by Dr Dinah Murray, Wenn Lawson and Mike Lesser (2005) in their article, Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism. Monotropism is increasingly considered to be the underlying principle behind autism and is becoming more widely recognised, especially within autistic and neurodivergent communities. Fergus Murray,(2018), describes montropism as: […]| Autistic Realms
According to OCD-UK charity, there are,’ around three-quarters of a million people thought to be living with severe, life-impacting and debilitating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) here in the UK’. Many of these people may also be autistic. Stone and Chen (2015) explain that the co-occurrence rate of OCD in autistic people ‘being 3-7% is 6-14% times the […]| Autistic Realms
A guest blog for PDA Space – the original more concise version of this article is here: Monotropism = Happy Flow State (thepdaspace.com) As a parent entering into the realms of Autism, ADHD, PDA or any other neurodivergence it can feel overwhelming. Not just because of the weight those labels hold and possible difficulties with […]| Autistic Realms