welcome to adhd pirates
People come here at different points.
Some are trying to understand ADHD before assessment, while waiting, or after diagnosis. Others are supporting someone else, or looking for clearer ways to make sense of ADHD in workplaces, education, or other organisations.
ADHD Pirates exists for that space: a place to explore ADHD and neurodiversity.
Everything here is designed to offer starting points, useful resources, and practical things to try.
While the focus is ADHD, many of the ideas here are also relevant to wider conversations about neurodiversity.
Our aim is simple: to help people work out what may be relevant or helpful right now, at their own pace.
Before you dive in
ADHD Pirates is not a clinical service, advice service, therapy provider, or crisis service.
We do not provide one-to-one support, diagnostic assessment, treatment, clinical advice, or crisis help.
This boundary is deliberate.
Where to start
Peer Groups
Tools & Resources
A curated collection of organisations, tools, books, podcasts, research, and support routes.
WORKPLACE: EMPLOYEES
Access to Work, workplace adjustments, legal signposting, and practical support routes for employees trying to understand their options.
WORKPLACE: EMPLOYERS & HR
Guides and signposting for managers, employers, and HR teams trying to understand ADHD and neurodiversity at work.
Articles
Writing that brings together lived experience, research, professional perspectives, and everyday examples to support clearer understanding.
LANGUAGE & TERMS
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Latest Articles and insights
Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) and ADHD: A Plain English Guide for Students
This guide was created by ADHD Pirates CIC in collaboration with Chris Barlow from Remtek Workplace. Chris’s experience supporting students with assistive technology helped shape the guide, which ADHD Pirates CIC has edited into plain English. Starting...
Why ADHD Feels So Inconsistent
One of the most common questions raised in ADHD peer support groups is surprisingly simple: Why can I do something one day and not the next? Many people with ADHD describe caring deeply about something, wanting to do it, and fully intending to act. Yet somehow the...
ADHD, Work, and Finding Direction: Why “Find Your Purpose” Can Be Unhelpful
Many of us with ADHD can find ourselves either pushing relentlessly or stuck on everyday tasks and decisions. Often, both are part of the same pattern. Trying to stay organised and on top of everything can gradually turn into something else. More systems. More effort....