From Overwhelm to Empowerment: Tech Tools for Autistic and ADHD Agency

For many autistic and ADHD adults, technology becomes powerful when it stops demanding conformity and starts supporting agency.

This video explores how intentional tech use—especially AI tools—can reduce cognitive load, support self-advocacy, and help neurodivergent people build systems that actually align with how their brains work. The focus stays on autonomy, not optimization for productivity’s sake.

You’ll hear how autistic and ADHD adults use tools to externalize planning, sequencing, summarizing, and tracking so their energy can stay focused on meaning instead of mental mechanics. The video also looks at how AI can support communication, accommodation requests, boundary-setting, and creative follow-through without erasing authenticity or forcing masking.

Rather than framing technology as dependence, this conversation reframes support as an access point. Tools become ways to protect energy, stabilize boundaries, and translate insight into action without burnout. When tech adapts to neurodivergent pacing, sensory needs, and communication styles, agency becomes easier to sustain.

This video is for autistic and ADHD adults, caregivers, educators, employers, and anyone interested in ethical, human-centered technology that expands participation instead of demanding self-erasure.

Topics covered include:
– Cognitive load and working memory relief
– AI as a self-advocacy and communication support
– ADHD regulation, creativity, and follow-through
– Emotional and sensory awareness through tracking tools
– Boundaries, pacing, and energy protection
– Agency, autonomy, and building life on your own terms

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Originally created for Kaboose Neuro Nuggets