Support & Stories
ADHD Self-Empowerment Begins With Finding Your “Right Difficult”
What qualifies as the right difficult? "First, it must be an activity that challenges us (it’s called...
creativity
Guest Blogs
“How Creative Self Expression Calms My Son’s Intense ADHD Symptoms.”
“We started a collaborative artistic project where he had all the control. I would lie down on a huge...
Guest Blogs
An Ode to the Pinterest Projects I Will Start (and Abandon) This Spring
Pinterest projects accumulate in my imagination all winter long. In spring, I unleash my ADHD...
Emotions & Shame
In Praise of the ADHD Funny Bone
Children and adults with ADHD often get called out for being too silly, but the quirks that we are...
Manage Your House
Q: How Do I Organize My Art Supplies and Craft Room?
Crafters and artists with ADHD have extra challenges staying organized. Learn how to keep your...
For Teachers
Words of Encouragement for Neurodiverse Students Can Spark Magic
I had always praised my daughter's artwork and ADHD creativity, but hearing positive feedback from a...
Guest Blogs
She’s Crafty
The fact of the matter is that a creative ADHD mind needs an outlet. Without a release, all heck (and...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
Stifled Creativity and Its Damaging Impact on the ADHD Brain
Creativity. It’s often cited as a valuable (but tough to harness) benefit of having ADHD. As it turns...
How to Focus
“I Can’t Follow Directions — And I Love It”
I have trouble following multi-step instructions as they're written, so I innovate, backtrack, and...
Emotions & Shame
“I’m Waging a Civil War Inside My Brain”
ADHD is a perplexing, frustrating, and disruptive condition still too often questioned and...
Talking About ADHD
What I Would Never Trade Away
The positives of ADHD are numerous and mighty — creativity, empathy, and tenacity, just to name a...
Guest Blogs
Impulsive? Instinctive? Intuitive? Or Inspired?
In my disorderly brain, it's hard to tell which daydreams to follow, and which to calm down and...