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JR on Neurodiversity

Discovering at age 51 that I have Autism, then at age 53 that I have ADHD, has been a relief and shock in equal measure. Now I’m trying to make sense of my life, past, present, and future. I’m trying to understand who I am, why I am. I’ll be brutally honest.

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A photograph of my two dogs on the beach in South Wales.

Holidaying with Autism & ADHD

No, those are not the names of my dogs…

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

Mental Health: Rainy Days

When Stephen Fry ‘spoke’ to me

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

An image I created with my head containing my brain forty-five percent Autism, forty-five percent ADHD and just ten percent me.

If you put your mind to it

You can do anything you want

If only I had just one mind.

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

An image I created of a basic switch, flips between On and Off.

My “On-Off” Switch

Not sure why, or how, but something happens.

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

The writing on the wall

Or rather, on my new glass whiteboard

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

I’m glad I don’t live in America

If I did, I’d have a problem with alcohol

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

My Identification

Does it matter, and if so, to whom?

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

A photograph of my local pub which is on the beach.

Good News

But we still have to wait

Sunday

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

A photograph of a box of Ibuprofen painkillers.

I’m doing better

Better however is always relative

John Rollason in JR on Neurodiversity

An image I created with an Angel emoji for Autism — The Angel of Disappointment, flowing to A Long List, flowing to ADHD Waiting Mode with a clock, flowing to ADHD Procrastination with a check list where ‘Last Possible Second’ is ticked, flowing to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria and a sad emoji, flows to ‘What’s Next?’ with a thinking emoji.

Me versus ADHD

It’s been winning for the past two weeks.