Blogs by Charlie

  • AuDHD inclusion tips

    As an AuDHDer myself (autistic and ADHD), and a professional speaker and HR Consultant specialising in Inclusion and Belonging, here are the tips that I want to share for working with Autistic and/or ADHD colleagues and helping us thrive in the workplace: Create and demonstrate a culture of psychological safety. Protect and defend us from Read more

  • An unusually chill Christmas, chez Ausome

    I usually struggle a lot with December and Christmas, for many reasons that I will not go into today; I am just taking a moment to count my blessings. At the end of June 2023, I finally left my HR Analyst job, and I have never looked back. I had been working for Together for Read more

  • The Bright Side of ADHD from Twitter

    Answers to my question about the positives of ADHD, compiled from replies on Twitter (other social media to follow). My question: ‘ADHDers: What are the positives for you, about your ADHD? No, not the textbook answers, the neurodiversity industry spin, or Chat GPT. I want to know some positive things you think and feel about Read more

  • Guest Blog: An ADHD diagnosis earlier in life might have been helpful!

    Guest blog about late-diagnosis of ADHD Read more

  • IDPD, or Disabled People Day as I like to call it

    I had planned to write a blog post for International Persons with Disabilities Day, but: 1) I’m too burned out from taking my daughters and their friends to MCM Comic Con yesterday then driving home in the freezing mist and dark. 2) I’m not a ‘Person with Disabilities’; I’m ‘disabled’. I should not have to Read more

  • Believe us!

    Sometimes it’s so weird being Autistic and ADHD. I’ve just done a public speaking event at Vodafone HQ, where I felt so welcome, comfortable and well looked after… then had a severe sensory meltdown on the way home. I felt OK when we left Vodafone, calm even. But then we started getting ‘hangry’ and I Read more