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Matt writes — A Statement of Intent

Our hero’s journey begins

3 min readDec 14, 2022

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5 Reasons Staff Meetings Are Hell For Neurodivergents (And How To Fix Them)— Understanding…

An exploration of how difficult staff meetings are for neurodivergents as well as some suggestions of how to make them suck less.

51 min readMay 17, 2024

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Insomnia Insights (in 90 minutes or less) #1

I can’t sleep so I challenged myself to write something in 90 minutes or less. Here’s what the phrase ‘I can’t sleep’ means to me. Enjoy!

11 min readMay 13, 2024

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Being Lost — Understanding Autism/ADHD

A discussion of the feeling of Being Lost with autism and ADHD and why it’s really hard to talk about it. Plus infinite tangents. Yay ADHD!

33 min readDec 18, 2023

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How Autistic Meltdown Feels — Understanding Autism/ADHD

Today Matt explains what an autistic meltdown is, what causes them, what happens, how it feels and what do to do if you’re having one.

65 min readSep 21, 2023

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How Alexithymia Feels — Understanding Autism/ADHD

A personal exploration of alexithymia through the lens of autism including what alexithymia, how alexithymia feels and why it suuuuucks…

24 min readJul 19, 2023

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Everything I’m Angry About (personally)

A whirlwind tour of the things I’m angry about including autism, ADHD, pain and Iceland. It’s more fun than it sounds… You know, I think?

31 min readMay 23, 2023

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Everything I’m Angry About (personally)

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5 Ways I Trick Myself Into Functioning ‘Normally’ — Understanding Autism/ADHD

Today, Matt looks at the flawed quest to get on top of his neurodivergences and instead settles on a selection of tips and tricks.

25 min readApr 17, 2023

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5 Ways I Trick Myself Into Functioning ‘Normally’ — Understanding Autism/ADHD

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Things I’d Love to be normal — Consistent Inconsistency

A deep dive into ADHD Paralysis, Time Blindness and what it means to be someone consistently inconsistent. There’s also some jokes.

22 min readApr 14, 2023

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Things I’d Love to be normal — Consistent Inconsistency

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Dadical Honesty — When it all goes wrong at once (it’ll probably be fine)

Today we look at the ‘Oh No Situations’ you face as a parent and how to deal with them.

15 min readMar 31, 2023

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Matt McKenna

Matt McKenna

An autistic Dad trying to be kinder. A Brit trying to see the funny side of Iceland. A basic bitch with big words. An attention whore without an OnlyFans.

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