Structured Success
@structuredsuccess.ca
ADHD Coach & Academic Strategist | Guiding ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent clients through lived experience | they/her | #AuDHD | www.structuredsuccess.ca
Managing ADHD isn't something that can be done alone.
The best management of ADHD requires some combination of professional support, accommodation, medical treatment, and community building (oh, and luck).
Stop trying to do it alone!
The best management of ADHD requires some combination of professional support, accommodation, medical treatment, and community building (oh, and luck).
Stop trying to do it alone!
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Managing ADHD isn't something that can be done alone.
The best management of ADHD requires some combination of professional support, accommodation, medical treatment, and community building (oh, and luck).
Stop trying to do it alone!
The best management of ADHD requires some combination of professional support, accommodation, medical treatment, and community building (oh, and luck).
Stop trying to do it alone!
Different neurodivergent conditions can look very similar but be COMPLETELY different.
This is why it's so important to understand the root of our behaviours or experiences. These differences change our treatment options, accommodations, and personal coping strategies!
This is why it's so important to understand the root of our behaviours or experiences. These differences change our treatment options, accommodations, and personal coping strategies!
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Different neurodivergent conditions can look very similar but be COMPLETELY different.
This is why it's so important to understand the root of our behaviours or experiences. These differences change our treatment options, accommodations, and personal coping strategies!
This is why it's so important to understand the root of our behaviours or experiences. These differences change our treatment options, accommodations, and personal coping strategies!
Me: Hi, I'm Maaya, and this is my anxiety dog. Her name is Korra.
Them: Oh, she's like a service dog then?
Me: No no no no. She has crippling anxiety. In fact, she's afraid of cooking
Them: Oh, she's like a service dog then?
Me: No no no no. She has crippling anxiety. In fact, she's afraid of cooking
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Me: Hi, I'm Maaya, and this is my anxiety dog. Her name is Korra.
Them: Oh, she's like a service dog then?
Me: No no no no. She has crippling anxiety. In fact, she's afraid of cooking
Them: Oh, she's like a service dog then?
Me: No no no no. She has crippling anxiety. In fact, she's afraid of cooking
There's so much pressure to conform to the neurotypical way of things. This creates an invisible power dynamic to existing in a neurotypical world as a neurodivergent person.
This can steal our agency and teach us it isn't safe to diverge from neurotypical expectations
This can steal our agency and teach us it isn't safe to diverge from neurotypical expectations
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There's so much pressure to conform to the neurotypical way of things. This creates an invisible power dynamic to existing in a neurotypical world as a neurodivergent person.
This can steal our agency and teach us it isn't safe to diverge from neurotypical expectations
This can steal our agency and teach us it isn't safe to diverge from neurotypical expectations
Knowing with 100% certainty that I'm not going to be able do everything I need to get done today, no matter how hard I try, is not a great task initiation strategy, fyi
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Knowing with 100% certainty that I'm not going to be able do everything I need to get done today, no matter how hard I try, is not a great task initiation strategy, fyi
Why do so few people understand that emotional regulation is a core struggle for ADHD'ers?
It's so hard when our emotions are big, fast, or intrusive, the way they are for many of us. And can lead us down majorly dark emotional paths before we even realize what's happening (1/2)
It's so hard when our emotions are big, fast, or intrusive, the way they are for many of us. And can lead us down majorly dark emotional paths before we even realize what's happening (1/2)
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why do so few people understand that emotional regulation is a core struggle for ADHD'ers?
It's so hard when our emotions are big, fast, or intrusive, the way they are for many of us. And can lead us down majorly dark emotional paths before we even realize what's happening (1/2)
It's so hard when our emotions are big, fast, or intrusive, the way they are for many of us. And can lead us down majorly dark emotional paths before we even realize what's happening (1/2)
Intrusive regret, the feeling when you cringe and overanalyze something that happened years ago, is an intrusive thought like any other.
It can be distressing, disturbing or even negatively impact our ability to function, but it isn't something we're choosing or doing to ourselves
It can be distressing, disturbing or even negatively impact our ability to function, but it isn't something we're choosing or doing to ourselves
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Intrusive regret, the feeling when you cringe and overanalyze something that happened years ago, is an intrusive thought like any other.
It can be distressing, disturbing or even negatively impact our ability to function, but it isn't something we're choosing or doing to ourselves
It can be distressing, disturbing or even negatively impact our ability to function, but it isn't something we're choosing or doing to ourselves
Every single neurodivergent condition has complexity and nuance to it. One person's experience with ADHD or OCD, for example, can be SO SO SO different than someone else's.
Remember: Our traits and our experiences aren't universal, and neither are anyone else's
Remember: Our traits and our experiences aren't universal, and neither are anyone else's
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Every single neurodivergent condition has complexity and nuance to it. One person's experience with ADHD or OCD, for example, can be SO SO SO different than someone else's.
Remember: Our traits and our experiences aren't universal, and neither are anyone else's
Remember: Our traits and our experiences aren't universal, and neither are anyone else's
Autistic people sometimes communicate in different ways than allistic people. These differences can be in word choice or tone, but can be the medium of communication itself.
Using assistive technology to communicate doesn't diminish our personhood, our intelligence, or our worth
Using assistive technology to communicate doesn't diminish our personhood, our intelligence, or our worth
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Autistic people sometimes communicate in different ways than allistic people. These differences can be in word choice or tone, but can be the medium of communication itself.
Using assistive technology to communicate doesn't diminish our personhood, our intelligence, or our worth
Using assistive technology to communicate doesn't diminish our personhood, our intelligence, or our worth
I've found today's ADHD champion:
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've found today's ADHD champion:
If we could harness power from the dread ADHD'ers feel about their upcoming tasks, we'd never need energy again
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If we could harness power from the dread ADHD'ers feel about their upcoming tasks, we'd never need energy again
Prioritizing the experiences of neurotypical professionals, parents, and caregivers shifts the goal away from supporting and accommodating autistic people's needs.
Over the long-term, this focus stagnates community supports in a way that makes being autistic so much harder
Over the long-term, this focus stagnates community supports in a way that makes being autistic so much harder
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Prioritizing the experiences of neurotypical professionals, parents, and caregivers shifts the goal away from supporting and accommodating autistic people's needs.
Over the long-term, this focus stagnates community supports in a way that makes being autistic so much harder
Over the long-term, this focus stagnates community supports in a way that makes being autistic so much harder
Our ways of self-regulating are limited by what has been modelled for us.
Without good, diverse models for how to self-regulate, it's so easy to get stuck in an approach that isn't actually authentic to us.
Seeking these models for self-regulation skills is such an underrated path to growth
Without good, diverse models for how to self-regulate, it's so easy to get stuck in an approach that isn't actually authentic to us.
Seeking these models for self-regulation skills is such an underrated path to growth
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our ways of self-regulating are limited by what has been modelled for us.
Without good, diverse models for how to self-regulate, it's so easy to get stuck in an approach that isn't actually authentic to us.
Seeking these models for self-regulation skills is such an underrated path to growth
Without good, diverse models for how to self-regulate, it's so easy to get stuck in an approach that isn't actually authentic to us.
Seeking these models for self-regulation skills is such an underrated path to growth
Being AuDHD often feels like ADHD and autism are locked in an epic battle, exhausting internal resources… until they decide to collaborate on making functioning impossible
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Being AuDHD often feels like ADHD and autism are locked in an epic battle, exhausting internal resources… until they decide to collaborate on making functioning impossible
Every single freaking application: "Simplify this document with AI?"
Me: "No. I need AI to fuck off"
Me: "No. I need AI to fuck off"
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Every single freaking application: "Simplify this document with AI?"
Me: "No. I need AI to fuck off"
Me: "No. I need AI to fuck off"
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In a world with Elon musk we somehow still need reminders that being autistic is actually not sufficient to be a good person
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In a world with Elon musk we somehow still need reminders that being autistic is actually not sufficient to be a good person
One thing I learned teaching at University is that accommodations that help one person sometimes negatively affects other people.
Clear, detailed, specific instructions, for example, can massively help autistic and anxious students, but might overwhelm ADHD, PDA, or other anxious students.
Clear, detailed, specific instructions, for example, can massively help autistic and anxious students, but might overwhelm ADHD, PDA, or other anxious students.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
One thing I learned teaching at University is that accommodations that help one person sometimes negatively affects other people.
Clear, detailed, specific instructions, for example, can massively help autistic and anxious students, but might overwhelm ADHD, PDA, or other anxious students.
Clear, detailed, specific instructions, for example, can massively help autistic and anxious students, but might overwhelm ADHD, PDA, or other anxious students.
When we have co-occurring conditions, like ADHD and OCD, the traits of one can make the traits of the other harder to spot.
Understanding the differences, however, is so important; it allows us to use different strategies in different situations and for different experiences
Understanding the differences, however, is so important; it allows us to use different strategies in different situations and for different experiences
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When we have co-occurring conditions, like ADHD and OCD, the traits of one can make the traits of the other harder to spot.
Understanding the differences, however, is so important; it allows us to use different strategies in different situations and for different experiences
Understanding the differences, however, is so important; it allows us to use different strategies in different situations and for different experiences
I love how when folks are looking for people who are exploiting the system they start with poor mothers who have the audacity to own a cell phone and not with billionaires who have made it their explicit job to get even richer by exploiting other people's labour
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I love how when folks are looking for people who are exploiting the system they start with poor mothers who have the audacity to own a cell phone and not with billionaires who have made it their explicit job to get even richer by exploiting other people's labour
Born to be a weird little forest creature, collecting shiny trinkets forced to have a job and do the forest trinket thing on evenings and weekends
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Born to be a weird little forest creature, collecting shiny trinkets forced to have a job and do the forest trinket thing on evenings and weekends
Supporting neurodivergent communities means taking our accommodations seriously, even if you don't understand them.
By all means, it's okay to learn more and try to understand, but your understanding and comfort isn't necessary for making my world more accessible to me
By all means, it's okay to learn more and try to understand, but your understanding and comfort isn't necessary for making my world more accessible to me
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Supporting neurodivergent communities means taking our accommodations seriously, even if you don't understand them.
By all means, it's okay to learn more and try to understand, but your understanding and comfort isn't necessary for making my world more accessible to me
By all means, it's okay to learn more and try to understand, but your understanding and comfort isn't necessary for making my world more accessible to me
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Goals can be really hard for many of us with ADHD.
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Goals can be really hard for many of us with ADHD.
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
The number of articles that tell people with ADHD that they need to have a routine, without explaining how to do that or acknowledging the challenges of routines with ADHD honestly frustrates the hell out of me
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The number of articles that tell people with ADHD that they need to have a routine, without explaining how to do that or acknowledging the challenges of routines with ADHD honestly frustrates the hell out of me
Goals can be really hard for many of us with ADHD.
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Goals can be really hard for many of us with ADHD.
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
We can struggle to connect short-term actions to long-term results, struggle to sort our rich internal world into which even are goals, or struggle to even remember the goals we do have.
…so, I made a thing to try to help (🧵)
Because experiencing rejection sensitivity can be so painful for ADHD'ers, some of us fear that we could be inflicting that pain on others by rejecting them, being less than enthusiastic, or even having boundaries.
This can encourage us to reject our own needs in favour of not rejecting others
This can encourage us to reject our own needs in favour of not rejecting others
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Because experiencing rejection sensitivity can be so painful for ADHD'ers, some of us fear that we could be inflicting that pain on others by rejecting them, being less than enthusiastic, or even having boundaries.
This can encourage us to reject our own needs in favour of not rejecting others
This can encourage us to reject our own needs in favour of not rejecting others