Neurodiversity Research & Scholarly Articles

The evidence base

Models of Disability & the Neurodiversity Paradigm

• The Neurodiversity Approach(es): What Are They and What Do They Mean for Researchers?

  Dwyer, P. (2022). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

ADHD Identity & Lived Experience

• The lived experiences of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A rapid review of qualitative evidence

  Ginapp et al. (2022). Frontiers in Psychiatry

• Exploring women’s experiences of diagnosis of ADHD in Adulthood: A qualitative study

  Morgan (2024). Advances in Mental Health

• A Systematic Review of Lived Experiences of Receiving a Diagnosis of ADHD in Adulthood

  McGill et al. (2026). Journal of Attention Disorders

Autistic Identity & Lived Experience

• Exploring Lived Experiences of Receiving a Diagnosis of Autism in Adulthood: A Systematic Review

Nayyar et al. (2025). Autism Adulthood.

• Diagnosis of autism in adulthood: A scoping review

  Huang & Arnold (2020). Autism.

Lived Experience of Neurodivergence in BIPOC Communities

• ‘I don’t think they understand the reality of autism’: The lived experiences of autistic adults in Japan

Harada et al. (2025). Autism.

• ‘We’re just not even on the map': Black women’s experiences of adult ADHD diagnosis and care in the United Kingdom

Gibbs et al. (2025). Advances in Mental Health.

When Autism & ADHD Co-Occur

• Unpacking the overlap between Autism and ADHD in adults: A multi-method approach

  Waldren et al. (2024). Cortex.

• Co-Occurrence of ASD and ADHD Traits in an Adult Population

  Panagiotidi et al. (2017). Journal of Attention Disorders.

• Understanding the Overlap: Exploring the Complex Comorbidity of ASD and ADHD

  Rodríguez-Quiroga et al. (2025). European Psychiatry.

AuDHD Identity & Lived Experience

• Navigating residual diagnostic categories: The lived experiences of women diagnosed with autism and ADHD in adulthood

  Craddock. (2025). Health.

ADHD in Women & Hormonal Experience

• Women's and girls' ADHD diagnosis journeys: a mother-daughter autoethnography

  Wheaton & Holland (2026). Medical Humanities.

• ADHD and the female reproductive stages: menstruation, perinatal and menopause

  Boyd et al. (2026). Archives of Women's Mental Health.

Masking / Camouflaging

• The consequences of social camouflaging in autistic adults: A systematic review

Summerill & Summers (2025). Research in Autism.

• The impact of camouflaging autistic traits on psychological and physiological stress: a co-twin control study.

Zubizarreta et al. (2025). Molecular Autism.

• The Female Autism Phenotype and Camouflaging: a Narrative Review

Hull et al. (2020). Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

• ‘And that’s Just About Gender … I'm Doing all of that Feeling Like an Alien in a Human Suit': Exploring the Lived Experiences of Masking in Autistic Women

De Alwis et al. (2026). Feminism & Psychology.

Neurodiversity in the Workplace

• Toward an understanding of occupational burnout among employees with autism – the Job Demands-Resources theory perspective

Tomczak & Kulikowski (2023). Current Psychology.

• Autism and Employment Challenges: The Double Empathy Problem and Perceptions of an Autistic Employee in the Workplace

Szechy et al. (2024). Autism Adulthood.

• Work Performance Challenges and Needs of Adults with ADHD: Exploring Lived Experiences

Grinblat & Rosenblum. (2025). European Psychiatry.

• ADHD at the workplace: ADHD symptoms, diagnostic status, and work-related functioning

Fuermaier et al. (2021). Journal of Neural Transmission.

• Thriving for Nothing? The Hidden Costs of Thriving for Employees With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Their Employers

Blondel et al. (2024). Human Resource Management.

• Workplace accommodations for adults with autism spectrum disorder: a scoping review

Khalifa et al. (2020). Disability and Rehabilitation.

Neurodivergent Burnout & Recovery

• How does ‘autistic burnout’ feel? A qualitative study exploring experiences of earlier and later-diagnosed autistic adults

Ali et al. (2026). Autism.

• “Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew’’: Defining Autistic Burnout

  Raymaker et al. (2020). Autism in Adulthood.

Neurodivergence at the Intersection

• Barriers and facilitators to accessing services for neurodevelopmental disorders among the carers of individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK: a scoping review

Vincent et al. (2025). BMJ Open.

• The experiences of receiving a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during adulthood in Japan: A qualitative study

Aoki et al. (2020). BMC Psychiatry.

• Understanding the Barriers to Receiving Autism Diagnoses for Hispanic and Latinx Families

Guerrero & Sobotka (2023). Pediatric Annals.

• Adult ADHD in Cultural Ecosocial Niches: Exploring the Rise of Adult ADHD in Context

Ruse & Rhodes, (2026). Cult Med Psychiatry.