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Access to Work and ADHD: no diagnosis needed, but bring patience

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you work in the UK and have ADHD, or a lot of the traits, Access to Work is a government grant worth knowing about. This is for you, and for managers who’ve been asked about it. I’m not an expert on the scheme, and this isn’t advice. I’m dyslexic, with a lot of ADHD traits, and I run two businesses, so both sides of it interest me. Everything below about Access to Work and ADHD comes from GOV.UK, read on 20 October, plus DWP’s own figures on waiting times.

ADHD notes: when my typing can't keep up, I talk instead

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is for anyone whose ideas arrive faster than they can type them. If you’re dyslexic, or you have ADHD, or like me you’re dyslexic with a lot of ADHD traits, you probably know the moment. A good thought, a keyboard, and by the third typo the thought has gone. When my fingers are slower than my head, I stop typing and record a voice note instead. This piece is about why I talk instead of type, the habits that make voice notes work for me, and what happens to them after I press stop.

ADHD working memory: why I lose the thread mid-sentence, and what helps

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you have ADHD, or a lot of the traits, and you keep losing the thread (of a conversation, a task, the reason you opened this tab), this is for you. It’s what ADHD working memory actually means, what the NHS and the research say, what it looks like in my working day, and the habits that help me pick the thread back up.

What is working memory, and does ADHD affect it?

Working memory is the part of your mind that holds information while you’re using it. The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge describes it as “vital for holding information in mind in the course of many everyday activities”. In plain English, it keeps something in your head long enough to use it. Like the end of the sentence you’re halfway through saying.

Object permanence and ADHD: if I can't see it, it doesn't exist

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you have ADHD, or a lot of the traits, you probably know the feeling. The email that scrolls off the first screen is gone. The task in the app you didn’t open today doesn’t exist. This piece is for anyone who has laughed (or groaned) at the phrase “object permanence ADHD” because it describes them a bit too well. It’s what the phrase actually means, what it looks like in my working day, and the habits that stop things vanishing on me.

Dyslexia and ADHD at work: 35 years of hiding typos, and what finally helped

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re dyslexic, or you have ADHD, or like me you have one and a lot of the other, this is for you. Especially if you’ve spent years at work building quiet workarounds so nobody notices. I’m not a doctor or a specialist, and I don’t really like giving advice. This is one person’s experience of dyslexia and ADHD traits at work: what I tried, what cost me too much, and what finally helped.

AI task manager: what happened when my AI agents moved into my to-do list

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’ve started using AI agents for real work, you’ve probably noticed they’re good at doing things and terrible at telling you what they need from you. This piece is for anyone who has hit that wall. It’s how I turned my own knowledge base into an AI task manager that my agents and I share, and what I learned in the first week.

The short answer to the question I kept asking myself: yes, AI agents and a person can share one task list. You need a task manager with an API or an MCP server, a tag for each agent, and one tag that means “a person has to answer this”.

Information overload: why your brain drowns and how to fix it

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What information overload does to your brain, why the usual advice fails, and six strategies that help you reclaim focus.

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