Blogs by Charlie

  • Time to Talk Day 2024

    Hi, I’m Charlie, and I am neurodivergent, which means I am ‘neurologically different’; my brain is not standard issue.   Some of my neurological differences I was born with, and others I acquired. I was diagnosed Autistic, aged 42. Then with Complex PTSD, aged 46. I am now partway through ADHD assessment, aged 48. Before my Read more

  • My RED Dry January

    Update on my RED Dry January RED (Run Every Day) January I smashed my fundraising target. Our team, I Like To Move It (members of the Speakers Collective) made over £1000. There were three days when I didn’t get out to run or walk, due to having a bad cold, but also three days when Read more

  • Happy 48th birthday to me!

    Happy 48th birthday to me 😀 Thanks for all the DMs, I am feeling the love, but will not have time and energy to personally respond to all the messages. And happy birthday to you too, whenever it is (or happy belated birthday if I missed it) (see what I did there). Reasons to be Read more

  • Just me raging about my missed diagnosis

    The doctor doing my ADHD assessment through Psychiatry UK has asked me for a write-up about how I think my autism affects me, to inform my ADHD diagnosis. This is tricky, because I cannot easily distinguish one from the other – I feel like they blur into one distinct AuDHD neurotype. Not wanting to accidentally Read more

  • How to drive engagement in your LinkedIn

    How to drive fake engagement in your LinkedIn page, by Charlie Hart with help from #ChatGPT (tongue-in-cheek). 1) Ask Chat GPT about what you want to post about.2) Copy and paste the results into a post, like I have below.3) Replace any Chat GPT bullet points (usually **) with emojis. Use explosions, green ticks etc for the positive “do Read more

  • It’s not OK to not be OK

    Video (6 minutes with captions) about the many societal and systemic failures to protect, or frankly even give a shit about, the mental health of neurodivergent people, especially autistic teenagers. TW suicide, child death, bullying #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #CAMHS #CAMHSCrisis #ItsNotOKToNotBeOK #ItsNotOkayToNotBeOkay #DifferentIsOK #Antibullying #SuicidePrevention #ThisIsNotOK Read more