A compassionate, practical 74-page guide to understanding how ADHD and autism can shape everyday life — beyond diagnostic criteria and familiar stereotypes.

ADHD & Autism in Real Life explores what neurodivergence can actually feel like: the difficulty getting started, sensory overload, emotional intensity, masking, social exhaustion, changing plans, burnout and the hidden effort involved in appearing “fine”.

Created by neurodiversity speaker and consultant Maisie Cass, the guide combines lived experience, professional insight and practical reflection to help you understand what may be happening beneath behaviour, overwhelm and coping.

Inside, you’ll explore:

• ADHD and autism beyond the stereotypes • Masking, coping and the hidden cost of appearing fine • Executive functioning, attention and task initiation • Sensory processing and environmental load • Emotional intensity, shutdowns and overwhelm • Transitions, uncertainty and change • Social energy, communication and recovery time • Burnout, capacity and why pushing through can stop working • Motivation, brain chemistry and nervous-system regulation • Flexible routines, supportive systems and reducing everyday friction • Moving from “What is wrong with me?” to “What do I need?”

The guide also includes six practical tools and reflection resources:

• My Regulation Map

• My Energy Audit

• My Sensory Profile Starter

• My Tolerance Top-Up Menu

• My Support Needs Script

• The Three Cs Reflection Framework

This guide may be especially valuable if you are:

• Exploring ADHD, autism or your own neurodivergence

• Newly diagnosed and beginning to understand your experiences differently

• Supporting a neurodivergent child, partner or family member • Working with neurodivergent people in education, healthcare or the workplace

• Looking for practical, non-shaming ways to understand behaviour and support regulation

This is not a clinical or diagnostic guide. It offers accessible information, compassionate context and practical reflection to help you better understand individual experiences and support needs.

Digital product: You will receive a downloadable PDF immediately after purchase. You may save the guide digitally and print a copy for your own personal use.