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Understand yourself. Build what works. Live a life that feels more like you.
Practical tools, guided courses, and community for late-identified autistic and ADHD adults. Discover your needs, experiment with everyday supports, and keep adapting as life changes. Start wherever you are. You don’t need to have everything figured out.
Hi, my name is Heather.
I’m late-identified autistic and ADHD.
Understanding my neurodivergence helped my life
make sens. But I still needed help figuring out
what came next.
I create resources to help you explore your needs,
try practical supports, and build a life that works
with your brain. One manageable step at a time.
Find your starting point
These aren’t steps you have to complete in order. Start with what you need today, and return whenever life changes.
Understand: Explore Free Resources
Get to know yourself.
Explore your needs, strengths, patterns, and changing capacity. Through articles and guided workbooks, begin making sense of your experience and recognizing what helps you feel more like yourself.
Build: Explore the Free Community
Turn insight into everyday support.
Join the free Build Community to explore practical ideas, share what you’re discovering, and connect with others who are finding their own way forward. When you want more guidance on a particular topic, individual Build What Works courses offer small experiments to help you discover what fits your life.
Live: Keep Learning and Adapting
Ongoing support as your life evolves.
Your needs, capacity, and circumstances can change—and your supports can change with them. A future paid membership will include access to all Build What Works courses, along with a dedicated community focused on putting what you’re learning into practice over time.
It will be a space to reflect together, share progress and challenges, and find encouragement as you adjust your supports through different seasons of life.
Paid membership coming in the futureNot sure where to begin? Meet your nervous system.
Explore what drains you, recognize your early signs of overwhelm, and discover conditions that help you feel more supported.
This free guided workbook combines simple explanations with gentle reflection prompts. Work through it at your own pace, starting with whatever feels useful today.
Hello! I'm Heather,
a late-identified
autistic ADHDer,
former social worker,
and mother of six.
An explanation changed how
I understood my life.
I still needed a way forward.
When I received my autism and ADHD diagnosis at 40, my follow-up appointment included book recommendations and a report describing my difficulties. So much suddenly made sense, yet I was left wondering how to use that information in everyday life.That question helped shape How to Be Neurodivergent. My work brings together lived experience, my background in social work, and years of supporting learning and skill-building. I create approachable resources that help people understand themselves, try practical supports, and keep adjusting as they discover what works.
Start with one small discovery
Please feel free to contact me through email or social media. I will do my best to answer any questions you have regarding the mission and services of howtobeneurodivergent.com!
